Lapses in practice:

iii). Lapses in practice:

The LIC attack on the Maoist movement intensified all over the country between 2001-2007. Along with the repressive annihilation attacks of SIB and greyhounds forces, attack forms like government reforms and psychological warfare were also intensified. Eradication of revolutionary movement was intensified by forming government sponsored armed gangs, coverts and informers. In the attack campaign taken up this time, the government used coverts and informers extensively. Even in areas where our movement is not present, it formed informer network in the name of Mythri Sanghams, homeguards and SPOs as a preventive measure. The police mainly used the method of tapping communications between party leaders and cadres through cell phones and inflicting damages.

The policy formulated to defeat the LIC just remained at an ordinary level from the CC to the lower levels. It is not enough to just know it by reading circulars, reviews, articles and books. The study of the CC is partial in constantly studying concretely the strategy and tactics implemented by the enemy in Andhra Pradesh, realizing the political and military counter tactics we should be taking up in opposition and in coming to an assessment on the concrete conditions. We should find out the political and military tactics to be taken up creatively in practice through concrete field study. Basing on this we should discuss in combined study in state committees and implement strongly the resolutions taken up with correct political and military tactics. The results should be reviewed. Since we did not do this, there were wrong trends, organizational weaknesses and a trend of taking decisions as and how they come to mind in those situations had arisen. The CC could not implement the correct method mentioned above. So right from the central and state committees to the lower level committees none could develop the advancement of the guerilla war by defeating the enemy LIC attack. Since we followed a routine, customary method we could not damage the enemy.

Not having an organized mass base showed great ill effect on the level and quality of our resistance. As a result it became a war between our PLGA and the enemy forces. The CC takes the main responsibility for the failure in not taking up appropriate tactics and preventing losses.

As a result we lost subjective forces on a large scale. We were damaged organizationally and the movement in the whole of AP state suffered a temporary setback. There was desperation in the party and PLGA and a defeatist mentality developed. The Unity Congress-9 th Congress reviewed the following as the failures.

We could not evolve……(this has to be filled from our POR)…………………….any breathing space.

We could not give appropriate training to our PLGA fighting the specially trained SIB and greyhound forces. Without keeping the basic principle in mind that the enemy should not know about our tactics in war, many of our plans became exposed to the enemy and there were serious lapses in our military formations and in work methods. The platoons and squads were not in constant movement, camps were run for long periods and security measures were not followed while camping. As a result there were surprise attacks by the enemy and we suffered heavy losses. In many instances when the enemy attacked us and we attacked the enemy, commanders could not achieve command and control. Our forces retreated in a haphazard manner. It was not correct on our part to depend on cell phones for our communication needs. The enemy observed this and gathered our information time to time through scanning methods and inflicted serious losses on us. Along with these weaknesses we could not develop the mental preparation for sacrifice in our ranks which is most crucial in a revolutionary war. This weakness came to the fore in some people during daring attacks on the enemy and in preserving most valuable secrets when caught by the enemy. We are lagging behind in damaging the enemy by deceit. The state and central committees failed in helping to overcome these political and military weaknesses.