Gaddar

Gummadi Vittal Rao (born 1949), popularly known as Gaddar, is an Indian poet, revolutionary balladeer, activist and not a naxalite. Gaddar was active in the Naxalite movement till 2010, and later joined the the movement for Telangana's statehood.

For the station in Karachi, see Gaddar railway station.

Gaddar
Gaddar in a meeting in Nizam College Grounds- 2005
Personal details
Born31st Jan 1949 (age Expression error: Unrecognized word "st".–Expression error: Unrecognized word "st".)Expression error: Unrecognized word "st".
Toopran, Hyderabad State, India (now in Telangana)
Political partyTelangana Praja Front
Spouse(s)Vimala Gaddar
ResidenceHyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma materOsmania University

Early life

Gaddar went underground in 1980s and became a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War. He was part of its cultural wing and performed in from of the crowds. He has a bullet in spine as a result of a failed assassination in 1997.[1]

After being active in the Naxal movement till 2010, Gaddar later identified himself as an Ambedkarite.[2] He adopted the name Gaddar as a tribute to the pre-independence Gadar party which opposed British colonial rule in Punjab during the 1910s.

Telangana movement
Gaddar protests against arrest of Varavara Rao- 2005

With the resurgence of Telangana movement, Gadar expressed his support for the cause of a separate Telangana state and those people who were advocating it with the intention of uplifting the lower castes, particularly dalits and also backward castes. He said he was strongly with those who are for a Telangana of social justice where Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes have political representation on par with the OCs and BCs of the state. He expressed his solidarity with Devender Goud's NTPP (Nava Telangana Praja Party) in spite of being shot at by the police during Goud's term as AP Home Minister.[3][4][5]

Gaddar performing in Kolkata in 2010 against the Operation Green Hunt

Awards

Nandi Awards:

See also

References
  1. "Rebel balladeer Gaddar backs Congress". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Swamy, Rohini (4 December 2018). "In Telangana, Naxal poet Gaddar embraces the ballot & old foes to fight 'fundamentalists'". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "Fight forces opposing separate Telangana, says Gadar". The Hindu. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008.
  4. "Telangana minus Hyderabad unimaginable: Gadar". The Hindu. 20 January 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008.
  5. "Smaller States viable, say leaders". The Hindu. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008.
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