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<div>{{short description|Leader of Militant, People's Liberation Army(India)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Muppala Lakshmana Rao<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|06|16}}<br />
| birth_place = Beerpur, Jagtial, [[Telangana]], [[Republic of India]]<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) --><br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = Ganapathy<br />
| known_for = [[Far-left terrorism]]<br />
| organization = [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]<br />
| occupation = Politician, Former General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Maoist)<br />
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'''Muppala Lakshmana Rao''', commonly known by his [[nom de guerre]] '''Ganapathy''' or '''Ganapathi''', is the leader of the [[Maoist insurgency|Indian Maoist movement]]<ref name="nl">{{cite news|first1=Abhinav|last1=Sekhri|title=Intrview with Rahul Pandita|publisher=News laundry India|date=16 February 2012}}</ref> and former [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], a [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)#Legal status|banned]]<ref>[http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292 LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DECLARED AS TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967 - Ministry of Home Affairs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928115333/http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292 |date=2010-09-28 }}</ref> [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[insurgent]]<ref>{{cite book |title=South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlVXtIsXCxYC&pg=PA62 |pages=62–63 |authors=Deepak Kapoor, AVSM PVSM, SM VSM Chief of Army Staff (India) |publisher=Pentagon Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-8182743991}}</ref> [[communist party]] in India. He resigned from the post in November 2018.<ref>http://www.bannedthought.net/India/CPI-Maoist-Docs/Statements-2018/181110-CC-GeneralSecretaryChange-Eng.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ganapathy was born in Sarangapur, [[Karimnagar]] district of [[Telangana]]. He is a science graduate and also holds a [[Bachelor of Education#India|B.Ed.]] degree.<ref>Rahul Pandita. ''Hello Bastar: The Untold Story Of India’s Maoist Movement''. Tranquebar Press (2011). {{ISBN|978-93-8065834-6}}.Chapter VI. p. 111</ref> He worked as teacher in Karimnagar district but deserted his job to pursue higher education in [[Warangal]].<ref>[http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/we-shall-certainly-defeat-the-government "We Shall Certainly Defeat the Government"] ''OPEN''. Retrieved 5 January 2013</ref><ref name=wanted /><br />
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==Early political life==<br />
In [[Warangal]], Ganapathy came in touch with the [[Maoist]] cadres Nalla Adi Reddy and [[Kondapalli Seetharamaiah]], and eventually he also decided to join the [[Naxalite]] movement in the country. He was one of the early members of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War]] (People's War Group) and grew as General Secretary of the party that is now called as Communist Party of India (Maoist), an output of the merger of [[People's War Group]] and [[Maoist Communist Centre of India]] (MCCI) that took place in 2004. He remains active in the so-called [[Red belt (India)|red belt of India]] including the [[Bastar district|Bastar]] region of [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="bastar">{{cite book|last1=Pandita|first1=Rahul|title=Hello, Bastar: The Untold Story Of India's Maoist Movement|date=10 June 2011|publisher=Tranquebar|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-9380658346}}</ref><br />
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Other than Ganapathy he is known by several other aliases viz Mupalla Lakshman Rao, Shrinivas, Rajanna, Raji Reddy, Radhakrishna, GP, Chandrasekhar, Azith and CS.<ref name=wanted /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ganapathy tends to be reclusive and difficult to meet, and has only done a few interviews. This includes an in-depth interview with [https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/oct/07gana.htm Chindu Sreedharan] of rediff.com in 1998, with the [[BBC]], and with [[Rahul Pandita]], a journalist from Open magazine and the author of "Hello Bastar".<ref name="nl" /><br />
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==Role in Maoist activities==<br />
Ganapathy is one of the most wanted persons by the Indian security forces for his role in several Naxal activities. [[National Investigation Agency]] has announced an award of {{INR}} 1,500,000 for any information leading to his arrest.<ref name=wanted>{{cite web|title=Wanted - National Investigation Agency|url=http://www.nia.gov.in/wanted/01123.aspx|publisher=National Investigation Agency|access-date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713035820/http://www.nia.gov.in/wanted/01123.aspx|archive-date=13 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The total bounty on his head is the highest currently in India, which is {{INR}} 36,000,000.<ref name=bounty>{{cite web|title=हाफ़िज़ या दाऊद से ज़्यादा इन पर है इनाम|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/india/2014/09/140912_ganpati_maoists_ia.shtml|publisher=BBC Hindi|access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> He has been replaced by his second-in-command [[Nambala Keshava Rao]] alias Basavaraj in November 2018 due to ill health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cpi-maoist-gets-a-new-leader-1383395-2018-11-06|title=CPI (Maoist) gets a new leader|website=indiatoday.in|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Ganapathy has been replaced his position as Maoist general secretary and was suspected to have fled to the [[Philippines]] through [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/011218/maoist-boss-ganapathy-may-have-fled-to-philippines.html|title=Maoist boss Ganapathy may have fled to Philippines|last=Choudhury|first=Rabindra Nath|date=1 December 2018|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Rashmi Drolia|date=Sep 2, 2020|title=Maoist leader Ganapathy’s surrender move: Chhattisgarh closely watching Naxal developments {{!}} Raipur News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/maoist-leader-ganapathys-surrender-move-chhattisgarh-closely-watching-naxal-developments/articleshow/77895550.cms|access-date=2021-12-23|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.icawpi.org International Campaign Against War on the People in India]<br />
* [http://www.janmyrdalsallskapet.se/av-jan-myrdal/item/8-intervju-med-cpis-generalsekreterare.html Interview with Comrade Ganapathy, General Secretary (GS), CPI (Maoist)] given to Swedish writer [[Jan Myrdal]] and [[Gautam Navlakha]]<br />
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