CHINTOOR (ASR DISTRICT)
In 2021, a divisional committee member of the banned Communist Party of India CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the erstwhile East Godavari district police and the Andhra Pradesh police department claimed that he joined mainstream politics after developing an affinity with democracy.
“The surrendered Maoist is now the head of a youth wing of the ruling YSRCP in the Godavari Agency in Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district. He is also actively involved in the ongoing election campaign,” the ASR police claimed.