They then moved into the mineral-rich areas of Orissa , Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand . • The movement , whose aim is violent revolution , has now spread to 170 of India 's 602 administrative districts . • The Naxalites consider themselves the heirs of Mao Zedong , although China has denounced the movement . • With a force of up to 15,000 soldiers , it controls a fifth of India 's forests . • Two wings , People 's War Group and the Maoist Communist Centre , combined several years ago to form the Communist Party of India ( Maoist ) .