Senior Maoist Leader Devuji Denies Voluntary Surrender, Calls to Lift CPI (Maoist) Ban

Thippiri Tirupati, known as Devuji, a senior leader of the banned CPI (Maoist), recently surrendered to Telangana police but asserts he was arrested rather than voluntarily surrendering. Having spent over four decades underground, he now advocates lifting the ban on the party to end armed insurgency and allow political engagement within legal frameworks. Devuji emphasizes continuing Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology and calls for the release of jailed members, while rejecting electoral politics and promoting peaceful activism.