People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist)
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Vol. XXXIII
No.
41
October
11, 2009
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Maoist Intellectuals Sing the Praise of Y S R
When YSR died in an aerial
mishap, every body condoled
the death and paid tributes. But not surprisingly, it provided another
occasion
to expose the dual face of Maoist �intellectuals�. It all started when N Venugopal, nephew of Virasam
leader Varavararao, who is an important leader after his
uncle, narrated his close association with the late chief minister in a
graphic
way. Venugopal who is also a journalist stated that Y S R has shown him
the
other face of a factional politician. He recalled how warmly Y S R took
his
case when he was arrested. The Maoist writer who is utterly opposed to
�parliamentary politics� also confessed that his organisation did the
electoral
survey for YSR before the last election. Suffice it to mention in
conclusion, Venugopal
fondly recalled the karasparsa (hand
shake) of Y S R. Even as the article shook some people Ranganayakamma,
noted writer came down on the
duplicity of his credentials. Pani
representing Virasam distanced from
the article and announced his suspension. Later Venugopal apologised in
the
same paper in a round about manner and Ranganayakamma once again
attacked this
so-called apology. One more senior journalist associated with Virasam also clarified his tributes to Y
S R that led to confusion. One organiser of an NGO did the same and
published
an explanation.
To cap it
all, Vangapandu Prasadarao, a balladeer known like Gaddar, retuned his
famous song
on Srikakulam struggle in praise of Y S R. Again it led to serious
criticism,
but he struck to his position. Several readers through letters to the
newspaper
lament the fall of revolutionary phrase mongers but it is no surprise
given
their track record. The recent example being Lalgarh. One more
interesting
point is, Vanaja, a close companion of Venugopal
received an award for her story on Jnatana sarkar in Dankaranya, from
the hands of none other than prime
minister Manmohan Singh who
incidentally declared Maoist extremism
as the main danger facing the nation. Though it happened sometime ago,
the line
up is there for everybody to see. Isn�t it?
