Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy,[1] commonly known by his nom de guerre, Kosa (Hindi pronunciation: [koːsaː]), was an Indian politician who was a Central Committee[1] member of the Community Party of India, a banned[2] Maoist insurgent[3] communist party in India.
"[4] Kosa has told media that "Maoist cadres did not force their women to undergo sterilisation operation but they themselves opt for tubectomy.
"[4] In an interview with the media, one of the officials of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has described Kosa as "very good with arms and ammunition and a master at guerrilla warfare.
[5] He is a former secretary of Dandakaranya Special Zone Committee and a former "military commander" of CPI (Maoist), and has been appointed by the Central Regional Bureau of the political party to "fill the void" left after Kishenji's elimination in the ongoing Maoist movement in the region.
[6] In 2009 NDTV claimed that Kosa was "one of the top five Maoist leaders in India.