The State government, on Monday, ratified the decision to extend the ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist), along with its frontal organisations, Radical Youth League Ryot Coolie Sangham, Radical Students Union, Singareni Karmika Samakhya, Viplava Karmika Samakhya, and All India Revolutionary Students' Federation by 1 more year.
Briefing media persons after the Cabinet meeting held at the state Secretariat on Monday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting J Geetha Reddy said that it was the 6th successive extension of the ban on the Maoists.
The government had, on August 16th, decided to
extend the ban, and this decision, as expected, was ratified by the Cabinet without any objections today.
The ban was first imposed on 17th August 2005 through a GOM No. 366, and was published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.
The ban was subsequently extended in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and now, in 2010.
The decision to extend the ban comes after the State government reviewed the activities of the Moaists and believed that they "continue to indulge in unlawful activities which, if not stopped, will constitute a serious danger and menace to public order, peace and tranquillity."
Courtesy: INN