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The mass surrender of Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) members in Odisha has created the general feeling that the Communist Party of India-Maoist is losing ground. The paper explores whether the CMAS is an independent organization or if it has some links with the Maoists. The author claims that the state government, the police and the other security forces should not believe that mass surrender signifies failure of the Maoist movement; rather they must see this as a tactical move of the Maoists and the CMAS to energize them.