The ongoing lockdown has dealt a blow to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Bastar Division of Chhattisgarh as it has cut the supply chain of essential commodities for them, reports The New Indian Express on April 15. As per the report, over 480 weekly haat bazars (markets) remained closed for the past three weeks following which the rebels are scrambling to obtain their basic food items. The Maoists are organising a gathering of people in their area of influence in Bastar directing the village headmen and others to part with the ration they got from the State Government in advance. The Superintendent of Police (SP) of Dantewada District, Abhishek Pallava, said, “The Maoists are regularly holding the meetings of tribals in areas cited as their epicenter. We have got inputs from the villagers that the rebels are threatening them and demanding to hand over the BPL (Below Poverty Line) ration which they got under the public distribution system scheme.”