Anand was born at Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh, and pursued education at the government polytechnic college, in Warangal.
[4] Anand was one of the senior-most cadres of the ultra-leftist political party,[4] and led the ongoing armed struggle from northern Telangana to Dandakaranya, for over 30 years.
Responding on a question about the Indian government's "Operation Green Hunt" during an interview, he said to journalists, "We have been in the middle of a cruel, bitter war for several years.
"[5] In 2010, he told media personnel that out of the 45 members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), 8 had been arrested and 22 had been killed by the agencies of the Indian government.
[5] A senior police officer once told Hindustan Times that "Sudarshan was not a pacifist like Azad and was against his party's initiative to hold talks with the government.