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Comrade Madhav hails from a poor backward
Caste peasant family of Mangapeta village in Karimnagar district. He joined the
Party in 1980 inspired by the armed agrarian revolutionary movement in North
Telangana which was surging ahead. His native district of Karimnagar was in the
forefront of the anti-feudal struggle that shook the entrenched age-old feudal
establishment. In the early 1980s, the then CPI(ML)[People’s War] decided to
extend the armed struggle to areas outside North Telangana. Comrade Madhav
readily shifted to South Telangana in 1985 responding to the call given by the
Party. He was one of the founders of the movement in Mahboobnagar district. He
became the district secretary in 1989 and later a member of the regional
committee of south Telangana. He was elected to the AP state committee in the
state conference in 2000 and became incharge of entire south Telangana. He
became the secretary of APSC in August 2005. Though he did not have much formal
education, in the course of the class struggle, he constantly improved his
political and theoretical level through deep study. This depth of knowledge was
reflected in his active intervention in debates during the 9th
Congress. Also, the fact that the enemy, in spite of intensively targeting him,
could not approach him for a whole two decades, stands testimony to his high
military sense. Comrade Madhav has always been a down-to-earth organizer and won
the love and affection of all comrades and the masses through his simplicity,
hard work, comradely attitude towards one and all, fearlessness when confronted
by the enemy, and constant encouragement that he gave to the cadres in times of
extreme difficulties. Martyrdom of com Madhav is a great loss to the entire
party and Indian revolution, particularly to the revolutionary movement in AP.
The exemplary communist values set by comrade
Madhav will be a model to be emulated by all Party members. His martyrdom will
not dampen, but further steel the temper and resolve of the Party ranks, the
valiant PLGA fighters, the members of revolutionary mass organisations and the
revolutionary masses, driving them with redoubled spirit to continue the
struggle with greater steadfastness in order to defeat the fascist enemy
offensive in AP by intensifying the people’s war and through mass political
mobilizations.
“We are proud that our sons and daughters
had died for people’s cause”, say the parents of the martyrs.
“I reject the offer made by this
blood-thirsty government”—Madhav’s son Karthik
Home Minister Jana Reddy, after ordering the
killing of comrade Madhav and seven other comrades in Nallamala forest,
“magnanimously” declared that one member from Madhav’s family would be provided
job and his son would be given free education and later a job. This
announcement was condemned by Madhav’s brother as a shameful drama and a cruel
joke enacted by the Home Minister who was trying to gain the sympathy of the
people after ordering the murder of his brother. Madhav’s 15-year-old son,
Karthik, who had just completed his tenth class and entered first year of
Intermediate course, laughed at the offer made by the Minister.
When reporters asked him what he thought of
the offer made by the minister to provide him education and job, he said he was
deeply disturbed that the very same government that killed his father came out
with such a proposal. He also said he would spit on the face of the fellow who
made such a proposal. He said it is a cruel joke on the part of the government
to offer help after murdering his father and that he would never take help from
a government that was killing innocent people. He also said that he had no
ill-will towards his father even though the latter never saw him. Instead, he
had great regard for his father and was proud that he died for the people’s
cause. His only regret was whether he would at least be able to see his mother,
Com. Vasantha, who left him while in the cradle, due to her dedication to
revolution.
The parents of comrade Vishwanath, Chandrayya
and Pochamma, said that they were proud to see their son lay down his life for
the people’s cause. Though they were sad to hear of his death they were also
proud to have given birth to such a son. Later, it turned out, that Vishwanath
was not among the dead. Rajita alias Susheela’s mother Prabhavati lauded her
daughter’s courage in working for the people in the midst of police repression,
castigated the government as a murderer and predicted that YSR’s police state
would meet its fate in the hands of the people.
Laxmi, a friend of Sangeeta from Medak
district, said Sangeeta’s martyrdom was great as she had served the people and
had sacrificed her life heroically in the people’s struggle. She said she would
propagate the ideals and achievements of her friend.
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