Mohan Baidya proposes to party to boycott poll

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 30: While keeping the doors open for talks, CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya has proposed boycotting the election to the Constituent Assembly (CA).

At the party central committee (CC) meeting held in Pokhara on Saturday, Chairman Baidya in his political document proposed boycotting the election, arguing that the election is against the interests of the people. He claimed that the election was being held only to serve the interests of the reactionary and foreign forces.

Bhattarai threatens to quit party vice-chair

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 30: Amid a row over nominations to the party central committee (CC), UCPN(Maoist) Vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai has threatened to quit his post.

During the ongoing CC meeting at party head office, Parisdanda on Saturday, he announced his resignation from the post of vice-chairman, arguing that the leadership should start making sacrifices by giving up their respective posts.

Ex-PLA boycott CC over office-bearer, membership names

KIRAN PUN
Dahal proposal lambasted
KATHMANDU, June 29: Expressing disagreement with list of names for party office-bearers and for membership of the standing committee, politburo and central committee (CC) presented by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the CC meeting on Friday, CC members who were former PLA commanders have boycotted the ongoing CC meeting.

All eyes on CPN-Maoist as it mulls course ahead

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 23: Political observers have keenly been watching the developments, as the ongoing CPN-Maoist politburo meeting discusses agendas for the party´s central committee meeting scheduled for June 29.
The decision of the CPN-Maoist politburo meeting, which began on Friday, has a greater significance in that the decision would determine if the country´s politics is headed for a peaceful resolution or further conflict.

Dahal betrayed revolution, concur CPN-Maoist cadres

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 16: Sudha Regmi, who spent her prime years in police and army detention in Dang during the insurgency, was at the mass meet held by CPN-Maoist at Baneshwar held after the conclusion of the Nepal banda called by the 42-party alliance led by the party on Sunday.

Reviewing the one-year period following the split with UCPN (Maoist), Sudha, who is a CPN-Maoist cadre now, said Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had betrayed the people´s revolution.

Lack of institutional cohesion plagues big parties

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 15: Five months after the UCPN (Maoist) general convention, the party has once again come up with a formal agenda of giving full shape to its central committee and form politburo and standing committee.

However, Maoist leaders are not very optimistic about the top leadership accomplishing the task this time around as well as the top leaders had failed to do so despite several attempts in the past.

Cadres unimpressed by production brigade idea

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 6: At a time when UCPN (Maoist) leaders are holding discussions with members of the business community close to the party on forming ´production brigades´ to manage party cadres and for the development of the economy, Maoist lower rank leaders and cream cadres have voiced suspicion that this may be just another eyewash.

UCPN (Maoist) flexibility on criminal past unlikely

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 5: UCPN (Maoist), one of the main political parties, is unlikely compromise on its opposition to the proposal barring election candidates with criminal backgrounds.

Rejecting the proposal advanced by the Election Commission after consultations with the political parties, the Maoists argued that this is something that relates to the truth and reconciliation commission and can affect the whole peace process. As no Maoist leader would be safe if the provision is implemented, the possibility of the Maoists compromising on this issue is very slim.

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Dahal slapper laments as pardon goes unheeded

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, June 1: Padam Kumar Kunwar, who slapped UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal in the face, has been appearing at the district administration office at intervals of 15 days for the last seven months. He laments that the legal action brought against him has not been dropped even though Dahal himself has publicly pardoned him.