Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters urging people to boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Indian Parliament) polls resurfaced in Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri District of Odisha near Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) on April 7, reports Kalinga TV. The Maoist posters and banners written in Telugu and Odia language were purportedly released in the name of Odisha State Committee of the CPI-Maoist categorically blamed Government for the failure of various development projects meant for tribal people in the area and appealed locals to join the Maoist movement.
Meanwhile, similar posters and banners were also seen in Raighar Block (administrative unit) of Nabarangpur District of Odisha on April 7, with anti-election messages, reports Kalinga TV. Local people were in a state of panic seeing the posters. The Maoists said that even 70 years after Independence, people in the area were not aware of its importance.