Even Maoists become tech savvy, send SMS to boycott election in Bihar

Patna, March 31: With the advance of

, now-a-days even

have become tech-savvy, they sand bulk-SMSes in Bihar and Jharkhand urging people to boycott upcoming Lok Sabha election.

A police official was quoted as saying, "Maoists are sending bulk SMSes to mobile-phone subscribers and appealing to them to boycott the ensuing general elections."

The SMSes were issued on behalf of the Communist Party of India-Maoist border zonal committee spokesperson Avinash.

Maoists also called for poll boycott in Jamui, Lakhisarai, Banka, Gaya

"In the SMSes, Maoists have urged workers, farmers, youth, women, progressive intellectuals, senior citizens, nationalist and revolutionary people to boycott the polls," police said.

The CPI-Maoists also appealed to its party cadres and its different units, including People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, through SMSes to target and attack security forces during the election.

Maoists have also called for poll boycott in Jamui, Lakhisarai, Banka, Gaya and Aurangabad districts through posters.

Giving the call for poll boycott, the posters demanded withdrawal of forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations.

Police have seized and removed such posters from various places.

OneIndia News
(With agency inputs)