Overview
- Central committee member Pulluri Prasad Rao, known as Chandranna, and Telangana state committee member Bandi Prakash, known as Prabhath, presented themselves before Telangana DGP B. Shivadhar Reddy in Hyderabad on October 28.
- The police handed Chandranna Rs 25 lakh and Prabhath Rs 20 lakh in announced rewards, with both eligible for benefits under the state’s surrender and rehabilitation policy.
- Both leaders cited ill health, sustained security pressure under Operation Kagar, and ideological rifts for leaving the organisation after roughly 45 and 42 years underground.
- Chandranna said Thippiri Tirupathi, or Devuji, is now the party’s general secretary and described a split between supporters of Devuji and of Mallojula Venugopal Rao (Sonu), though a new CPI (Maoist) letter counters that no general secretary has been elected.
- Telangana Police say the move extends a broader 2025 trend, with 427 underground cadres surrendering so far this year following recent high-profile defections, even as senior operatives such as Madvi Hidma remain at large.