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Palamur is
synonymous with famine and abject poverty. It gives a living picture how lakhs
of people go for migration to far off distances to eke out a subsistence
living. Only the New democratic revolution can liberate the people of Palamur
along with the rest of India, from exploitation and famine. Sambasivudu stood
for that cause and died for the same.
Sambasivudu was
born in a poor dalit family in Kolhapur tehsil. The cruel exploitation he saw
from his childhood days, brought him closer to the movement. While studying in
high school, he joined the RSU and led many struggles. He went to attend
classes conducted in the Nallamala forest. During the classes Com. Sudersan
Reddy (Kiran) became a martyr when he accidentally drowned in a tank. From
then he decided to become a Professional Revolutionary. Since 1989 he worked
as an Organiser and rallied rice mill workers, ‘hamalies’, and women in
Mahaboob Nagar town. From then he became Prabhakar and Prabhakar made an
indelible imprint on the people. When repression was intensified, he joined
the Panagal squad in 1990-91 and guided the town movement. From 1992 to 94 he
was commander of various squads. In 1995 district conference he became a
member of the district committee.
He stood rock like
during many ups and down of the movement. In 1991-2 within three months, more
than ten activists of the mass organistaions were killed by the police. As a
result of the attacks on the squads, commanders and squad members became
martyrs. Repression came in an intensified form in 1997-2001. Prabhakar led
several miltary actions and put a brake to the enemy’s advance. They brought
repression on their family members. They put his wife and child against the
party and demolished the martyrs column and made malicious propaganda against
Ramanna. Though he was away from his wife and child he stood resolutely for the
people’s interest only. In the September 2000 district plenum while making self
criticism for his mistakes, he withdrew from district secretaryship and
continued as a DCM. His accidental death is a serious loss to the movement.
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