HYDERABAD: In yet another blow to CPI (Maoist), two of its prominent figures - central committee member Pulluri Prasad Rao alias Chandranna and Telangana state committee member Bandi Prakash alias Prabhath - surrendered before DGP B Shivadhar Reddy in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The surrender, carried out without arms or much fanfare, marks the exit of two senior members long seen as key strategists within the Maoist brass. The duo cited deteriorating health, deepening ideological divisions, and sustained pressure from security forces as reasons for dissociating from the armed movement. "This is in response to CM A Revanth Reddy's call to join the mainstream," said Reddy. "Both Chandranna and Prabhath decided to distance themselves from the organisation due to internal rift, chronic ailments

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