India, July 16 -- The proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist) or CPI (Maoist) has admitted to heavy losses amid intensified anti-insurgency operations and called for a flexible guerrilla war by mobilising the broad masses in class struggle to counter the campaign against Left-wing insurgents. The government has set a target of eliminating Maoism from the country by next year.

The CPI (Maoist)'s Central Committee has circulated a 22-page document dated June 23 among the cadres and sympathisers, acknowledging the killing of 357 Maoists over the last year. The document was issued to reiterate the changed strategy after the committee held discussions following the killing of Maoist chief Nambala Kesava Rao alias Basvaraju on May 20 in C...