Mulugu, Feb. 6 -- The secretary of the Jayashankar, Mulugu, Warangal, and Peddapally (JMWP) Division Committee of the CPI-Maoist, Venkatesh, has released a letter demanding that the state government make arrangements in full accordance with Adivasi (tribal) customs for the Sammakka Saralamma Jathara (Medaram Jatara) scheduled from February 21 to 24.

In the letter, Maoists warned against distributing anything other than jaggery, like laddu or pulihora, to devotees as prasadam at Medaram.

They also demanded the government carry out special measures immediately after the end of the festival, follow cleanliness standards, maintain hygiene, and compensate the farmers who left their crops to conduct Jatara.

Medaram Jatara, also known as Samm...