Around 10,000 people attended a meeting in a three-day program (June 18-20) organised by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the villages at the border of Sukma and Bijapur Districts in Chhattisgarh, reports Hindustan Times on June 26. Police said that about 300 armed Maoists and more than 500 ‘jan militias’ were deployed to protect the area where the meeting was held. As per the report, top Maoist leaders including the new ‘general secretary’ of CPI-Maoist Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, ‘head’ of battalion number of 1, Mandavi Hidma, Kosa, Devji and Sujata also attended the meeting. A Police officer said, “during the meeting, a senior-level discussion took place over the successor of Maoist leader Ravula Srinivas alias Ramanna (56), who died in December 2019 and was in charge of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC). A review meeting of tactical counter offensive campaign or TCOC, in which Maoists carry out attacks between April and July every year also took place.”