Malloujula Venugopal Rao, also known as Sonu , a senior CPI (Maoist) leader and Politburo member, surrendered along with 60 Maoist cadres in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli on Tuesday, marking a possible step toward reconciliation with the central government. He has asked one month time from the central government to hold talks with his comrades in states and those in jails.

Rao urged for a one-month period for internal discussions prior to commencing formal peace talks and appealed to the government to halt armed operations against Maoist members during this time, according to ANI . This development takes place amid ongoing anti-Maoist operations spearheaded by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and various state governments nationwide. Back in September, Rao had expressed his willingness to s

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