For Maoists, a year of setbacks, embarrassments, tactical errors

As the CPI (Maoist) begins preparations to celebrate the 10th year of its formation, memories of the last 12 months will haunt its members. Though they launched their biggest ever assault on a political convoy this year, it included one of three major tactical blunders whose repercussions continue to undermine their ideological highland. They also found their fighting prowess seriously questioned as they lost as many as 50 cadres in only six gunbattles dominated by security forces or splinter groups of their own former cadres, who lost only one member to the Maoists.

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