Overview
- Gadchiroli police released the video on Saturday in which Bhupathi calls the armed movement a failed path and asks members to join the mainstream.
- He shares two contact numbers—8856038533 and 6267138163—to help active cadres connect directly to discuss laying down arms.
- Bhupathi criticizes the CPI (Maoist) Central Committee for a rigid stance on violence, saying it has distanced cadres from the people.
- He rejects accusations of betrayal against those who surrendered, calling such claims misinformation.
- Bhupathi had surrendered on October 14 with 60 cadres, handing over 54 weapons, while a separate October 17 event in Jagdalpur saw over 200 cadres give up arms in the state's largest mass surrender.