I haven't said that they are saints, and personally I think that they are nothing but glorified thugs controlled by terrorists, but my opinion has nothing to do with the facts at hand and what they are actually doing on the ground. Or, more crucially, what those villagers think of them and why they support them.
Then you may wish to re-word your post. Further reading tells us that the Indian Maoists, like organized crime gangs, use racketerring, extortion, threats of violence and abduction, drug trafficking, and local corruption to maintain power and obtain money. Nobody would dare attribute organized crime with being an "ad-hoc government" that "dispenses justice" and "goodwill", yet to do so would be a disservice to organized crime, as such organizations are not in the habit of blowing people up by the dozens.
