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She was a Central Committee Member (CCM), Secretariat Member, South Sub-Zonal Bureau Secretary and in-charge of Janathana Sarkar, the Maoists’ parallel governance system below the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee.
Aged 62, Padmavathi hails from Penchikalpadu village in Gattu mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal district. Her father, Thimma Reddy, an agriculturist and village postmaster, died in 1983. Her mom, Venkamma, is a homemaker. She has three brothers and one sister; her brothers proceed farming of their native village. Her elder brother briefly labored with the CPI (ML) People’s War Group in 1982.
She was married to senior Maoist chief Mallojula Koteshwar Rao, often known as Kishanji, who served as Central Committee Member and Secretary of the West Bengal State Committee. Kishanji was killed in an trade of fireplace with safety forces in West Midnapore, West Bengal, on November 24, 2011. The couple have one daughter.
Padmavathi entered the motion in December 1982 whereas finding out Intermediate second 12 months at Government Junior College, Gadwal. Influenced by her cousins Patel Sudhakar Reddy, Pothula Sudershan Reddy and Suguna, she first labored as a village campaigner and later joined Jana Natya Mandali, briefly working with Gaddar and Mala Sanjeev. After leaving the cultural wing, she labored at Peace Book Centre, Koti, Hyderabad, the place she met Kishanji, whom she married in 1984.
In 1987, she and Kishanji had been moved to the Dandakaranya Forest Committee in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, leaving their daughter within the care of a trusted activist. She rose by way of varied ranks through the years: Deputy Commander of Etapalli Dalam in 1988, Commander of Devuri Dalam in 1996, Divisional Committee Member and later Secretary of Basaguda Area Committee between 1997 and 1999, and State Committee Member in 2001. She was inducted into the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee and given cost of South Bastar divisions and frontal organisations.
In 2007, she attended the CPI (Maoist) Congress in Maad and was promoted to Secretariat Member of DKSZC, later overseeing Janathana Sarkar. By 2018, she was in command of Janathana Sarkar throughout the Dandakaranya zone, and in 2022, she was appointed Secretary of the South Sub-Zonal Bureau. In 2023, she was elevated to the Central Committee. She additionally edited ‘Pethuri’, a Koya-language journal revealed thrice a 12 months.
In May 2025, citing deteriorating well being, Padmavathi requested to go away the organisation and communicated her determination to the Central Committee by way of senior Maoist chief Pulluri Prasada Rao. She expressed her want to dwell peacefully along with her household and avail rehabilitation advantages.
She carried a reward of ₹25 lakh, which has now been given to her by way of a requirement draft. The Telangana Government will lengthen additional rehabilitation measures according to its coverage for surrendered cadres.
The Director General of Police Jitender referred to as her give up an ethical victory for Telangana’s complete coverage towards the CPI (Maoist).
So far in 2025, 404 underground cadres have surrendered earlier than the police, together with 4 State Committee Members, one Divisional Committee Secretary, eight Divisional Committee Members and 34 Area Committee Members. Of the 15 Central Committee Members of CPI (Maoist), ten are natives of Telangana.
The DGP appealed to remaining underground cadres to return to their native locations and be a part of the mainstream, assuring them of speedy aid and help measures below the rehabilitation scheme to dwell with dignity and independence.
