Vasectomy Must If Cadres Want To Get Married, Say Surrendered Maoists

Maoist leaders believe that childbirth and subsequent childcare will be a hurdle for the movement. They fear that the couples might return to their villages to raise the children. So if any of the cadres get married, vasectomy is compulsory.

Kamlu Vetti, recruited by Maoists at the age of 12, had to get a vasectomy a decade later when he got married. For Maoist cadres, this is compulsory, he said. The perception is that childcare will prove a distraction and the movement will suffer.  After surrender last year, he availed the government offer of free reverse vasectomy operation and the couple are now expecting a baby.  

In an interview to NDTV, Kamlu Vetti, 27, said he became a victim of Salwa Judum after his village was burnt in 2006. A year later, then area commander Hareram and Vasanti insisted they all join the movement. They were the ones who insisted that he undergo the compulsory vasectomy when he wanted to get married.  

He got married in 2017. But before that he had undergone compulsory vasectomy at the age of 22.

"When we told our leaders that we wanted to get married, they said, 'Yes, but only after vasectomy'. I decided to surrender because now we don't get support from villagers, or food... After surrendering, we wanted to have kids. That's why I got a reversal of vasectomy done," he told NDTV.