Overview

• Telangana CM Revanth Reddy met senior Congress leader K Jana Reddy and advisers to discuss potential peace talks with CPI (Maoist) insurgents.
• The state government has emphasized that any decision on talks or a ceasefire will follow consultations with Congress national leadership and the state cabinet.
• Civil society groups, under the newly formed Committee for Peace Talks, urged the CM to initiate a ceasefire, particularly in the Karregutta region where security forces are conducting operations.
• Revanth Reddy stated that his government views the Maoist issue as a social challenge rather than merely a law-and-order problem.
• BRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao has also publicly called for peace talks, adding political momentum to the debate.