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Similarly Article 356 empowers the President to take control of the state government if he or she is satisfied that the government concerned is not able to function according to the provisions of the Constitution.16 Under this provision, the state government is dismissed and the President’s rule is proclaimed wherein the President assumes direct control of the state government and the Governor, as. [...] Decreasing participation of the masses in the communist ‘struggle’ and lack of solidarity with the Telangana movement in the rest of the country indicated the waning appeal of the communist insurgency. [...] The strategy thus formulated by the CPI (M-L) emphasised on the unity of the poor peasantry and landless poor, constituting a majority of the agrarian population against the feudal class.17 After the lifting of the Emergency in 1977, the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of the CPI (M-L) became active and began expanding and consolidating the movement, especially in Karimnagar and Adilabad districts. [...] Importantly, it also politically co-opted the Reddys, Khammas and the Kapus, who were the landed gentries in the countryside, and some of who held leadership positions in the dalams.82 The Congress Party also introduced the Panchayati Raj system in Andhra Pradesh in 1957 and successive elections to the Zilla Parishads and Panchayati Samitis saw the dominance of the peasant castes. [...] The release of 190 hard-core Naxalites provided the much needed leadership and cadres as well as helped in reinvigorating the movement at the grassroots.92 Consequently, Naxalite violence increased forcing the Janardhan Reddy government to re-impose ban on the PWG and its seven front organisations in May 1992.93 The state government also brought in the CRPF to reinforce the efforts of the state po.