People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (India)

People's Liberation Guerrilla Army
जन मुक्ति सेना
LeaderMuppala Lakshmana Rao
Dates of operation2 December 2000 (2000-12-02) – present
Allegiance Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Size12,000 (peak[when?])
Opponents Republic of India
Battles and warsNaxalite-Maoist insurgency

The People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), a banned political organisation in India[1] which aims to overthrow the Indian Government through protracted people's war.[2]

  1. ^ "Centre bans CPI (Maoist)". The Hindu. 23 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Maoists will overthrow govt much before 2050 : Kishenji". The Times of India. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.