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Andhra Pradesh Maoists: Story of a 'red' herring
It came as a shock to many. Some refused to believe it when they saw her picture in newspapers. For those who knew her as Sirisha, a playschool teacher in Hyderabad, it was hard to swallow that the woman was actually a Maoist and her real name was Padmakka.
Padmakka, also called Nirmala and Sharada, is the wife of top Maoist leader Ramakrishna alias Akkiraju Haragopal, better known as RK. She was arrested by Orissa Police at Koraput where she was to meet her husband. She had a reward of Rs. two lakh on her head.
For the last few years she had been working as manager cum teacher at Rainbow Home-Aman Vedika, a playschool for orphans run by the NGO Aman Biradari at Seethaphalmandi in Chilkalaguda. “It is really hard to believe that one of my colleagues was an activist of an outlawed outfit,” a worker at the orphan home told The Sunday Indian.
Another important aspect in the episode is her strategic silence. The present times, particularly the last three years, are considered to be the period of “recession” (some analysts say it's extinction) in the 40- year history of Naxalism in Andhra Pradesh. Besides the leaders of Janasakthi, like Riyaz, almost all the top guns of CPI Maoists, including Azad, Sudharsan, Ravi Kumar, Madhav, Rajamouli, Patel Sudhakar, Sakhamuri Apparao were gunned down during this period. With the counter-revolutionary action of the state government, the organisational structure of the Maoists in North Telangana, Dandakaranya and Andhra-Orissa border suffered a body blow. During this period Padmakka probably thought it prudent to remain away from direct action and in disguise to dodge the police.
Padmakka had approached Aman Vedika through a lawyer in 2008. She introduced herself as Kandula Sirisha, a destitute woman with modest education up to plus two level.
“Though she was appointed a play teacher to the kids, she was later elevated to the managerial post considering her dedication towards the kids,” an executive at the Rainbow Home told TSI on condition of anonymity. Sirisha treated the kids with the same affection as a mother would her own children. While working almost round the clock she seldom availed leave. It seemed like she had no other interests in life.
However, Sirisha took leave for 10 days against some ‘exigencies’ at her native place, on November 9— a day before the north zone Deputy Commissioner of police, Nagi Reddy, and the local Inspector of police were to visit the place for distributing clothes and fruits to the children.
Later, the staff and the children of Rainbow Home were shell shocked to see her photo in the newspapers and on the television screens, with reports stating that Sirisha was a Maoist and was caught at the Andhra-Orissa border.
But the small kids, to whom she was a beloved amma (mother), can't understand all this. Blissfully away from the politics-ridden, complex world of the adults, the children of the orphanage only know that the woman— whatever be her name— loved them and cared for them. And so they loved her and cared for her. The rest they don't want to know. So the children, about a hundred of them, are yearning to see her back amidst them. As they also came to know that she was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days, the unyielding kids are reluctant to have food till their amma comes back. But as her return does not look possible, the people at the Rainbow Home are in a fix.
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Andhra Pradesh Maoists: Story of a 'red' herring
It came as a shock to many. Some refused to believe it when they saw her picture in newspapers. For those who knew her as Sirisha, a playschool teacher in Hyderabad, it was hard to swallow that the woman was actually a Maoist and her real name was Padmakka.
Padmakka, also called Nirmala and Sharada, is the wife of top Maoist leader Ramakrishna alias Akkiraju Haragopal, better known as RK. She was arrested by Orissa Police at Koraput where she was to meet her husband. She had a reward of Rs. two lakh on her head.
For the last few years she had been working as manager cum teacher at Rainbow Home-Aman Vedika, a playschool for orphans run by the NGO Aman Biradari at Seethaphalmandi in Chilkalaguda. “It is really hard to believe that one of my colleagues was an activist of an outlawed outfit,” a worker at the orphan home told The Sunday Indian.
Another important aspect in the episode is her strategic silence. The present times, particularly the last three years, are considered to be the period of “recession” (some analysts say it's extinction) in the 40- year history of Naxalism in Andhra Pradesh. Besides the leaders of Janasakthi, like Riyaz, almost all the top guns of CPI Maoists, including Azad, Sudharsan, Ravi Kumar, Madhav, Rajamouli, Patel Sudhakar, Sakhamuri Apparao were gunned down during this period. With the counter-revolutionary action of the state government, the organisational structure of the Maoists in North Telangana, Dandakaranya and Andhra-Orissa border suffered a body blow. During this period Padmakka probably thought it prudent to remain away from direct action and in disguise to dodge the police.
Padmakka had approached Aman Vedika through a lawyer in 2008. She introduced herself as Kandula Sirisha, a destitute woman with modest education up to plus two level.
“Though she was appointed a play teacher to the kids, she was later elevated to the managerial post considering her dedication towards the kids,” an executive at the Rainbow Home told TSI on condition of anonymity. Sirisha treated the kids with the same affection as a mother would her own children. While working almost round the clock she seldom availed leave. It seemed like she had no other interests in life.
However, Sirisha took leave for 10 days against some ‘exigencies’ at her native place, on November 9— a day before the north zone Deputy Commissioner of police, Nagi Reddy, and the local Inspector of police were to visit the place for distributing clothes and fruits to the children.
Later, the staff and the children of Rainbow Home were shell shocked to see her photo in the newspapers and on the television screens, with reports stating that Sirisha was a Maoist and was caught at the Andhra-Orissa border.
But the small kids, to whom she was a beloved amma (mother), can't understand all this. Blissfully away from the politics-ridden, complex world of the adults, the children of the orphanage only know that the woman— whatever be her name— loved them and cared for them. And so they loved her and cared for her. The rest they don't want to know. So the children, about a hundred of them, are yearning to see her back amidst them. As they also came to know that she was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days, the unyielding kids are reluctant to have food till their amma comes back. But as her return does not look possible, the people at the Rainbow Home are in a fix.
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