This story is from May 15, 2016

Chhattisgarh govt extends ban on CPI (Maoist)

Citing no respite in the Naxal activities, Chhattisgarh government has extended the ban on CPI (Maoist) and its six frontal organisations for another year. The ban has been imposed under section three of Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act-2005.
Chhattisgarh govt extends ban on CPI (Maoist)
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RAIPUR: Citing no respite in the Naxal activities, Chhattisgarh government has extended the ban on CPI (Maoist) and its six frontal organisations for another year. The ban has been imposed under section three of Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act-2005.
Talking to TOI, Special DG Naxal Operations D M Awasthi said, “The government has declared the CPI (Maoist) and its frontal organisations Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangh, Krantikari Adivasai Mahila Sangh, Krantikari Kisan Committee, Mahila Mukti Manch, RPC and Janatana Sarkar as illegal for one more year.
This has been done as there is no sight of respite from the Naxal activities even in the near future.”
The CPI (Maoist) was first banned along with its affiliates in Chhattisgarh in April 2006 under section three of Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act-2005. Since then, the state government has been extending the ban every year. This time, the ban will be effective from April 12, 2016, for the next one year.
Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act—2005 (CSPSA), which is also known as Chhattisgarh Vishesh Jan Suraksha Adhiniyam--2005, is a law in the state of Chhattisgarh passed by the Chhattisgarh assembly in December 2005. The Bill received the assent of the President of India and was brought into effect by notification issued on 12 April 2006.
The act was ostensibly meant to combat growing Maoist violence. The act provides police to detain a person for committing acts, which among other things, show a “tendency to pose an obstacle to the administration of law”. The act also states any person whose actions “encourage(s) the disobedience of the established law” will be considered “unlawful”.
“The Centre has given freedom to the state to extend or withdraw the ban. In case the Naxal activities would be seen decreasing, the state has power to lift the ban as well,” added DM Awasthi.
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a Maoist insurgent communist party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through people's war. Founded on September 21, 2004, CPI (Maoist) consists of people from Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist), People's War (People's War Group), and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI). The merger of all these left wings was announced on 14 October the same year and a provisional central committee was constituted which was headed by Muppala Lakshmana Rao, alias 'Ganapathi', general secretary CPI (M). Further, on May Day 2014, the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari merged into the CPI (Maoist).
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