Dahal, Bhattarai ´stooges´ and ´renegades´

KIRAN PUN
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The ongoing general convention of the CPN-Maoist has unanimously endorsed the political line of launching ´people´s revolt´ by stepping on the foundation laid by the decade long ´people´s war´ as proposed by party chairman Mohan Baidya, on Sunday.

The political line endorsed by the general convention holds significance because the UCPN (Maoist) party was split over the dispute on whether or not to adopt people´s revolt as party line. While Baidya-led group insisted on the line of revolt, factions led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai lobbied for ´peace and constitution´ as party line.

"The party will put all its efforts to launch people´s revolt in the country," central committee member Om Prakash Pun, told Republica while informing that political document of Chairman Baidya and party´s statute presented by secretary Dev Gurung were endorsed unanimously.

After reporting by team leaders of various 21 groups, party office bearers had addressed the floor on Sunday. Chairman Baidya summarized the reports and suggestions before his political document was endorsed unanimously.

While stating that the circumstance in the given situation will decide whether to go for armed struggle or not, the convention has decided to take two-pronged policy of armed and unarmed struggle to realize the party´s goals. Maoist leaders said people´s revolt will be built on the foundation of the people´s war through armed struggle to complete the new democratic revolution in Nepal.

The leaders of all the teams had demanded a clear roadmap for revolution. Party cadres during their group discussions and also during their reporting had asked the party leadership to make them clear whether the party´s main policy was "people´s war" or "people´s revolt". While some cadres argued that people´s war should be their main policy, the others stood for "people´s revolt".

The floor also concluded that the party would try to launch "people´s revolt" as the reactionary forces including UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are facing crisis during this transition period. "We will try to launch people´s revolt as the reactionary forces are in serious crisis now," said a leader.

According to leaders, time now is ripe for launching people´s revolt as the parliamentary parties due to their failure to hold CA election or promulgate a new constitution are facing serious crisis. "Once the reactionary forces bring out a new constitution, we will reject the constitution and go for people´s war," said a leader.

People´s government, people´s court and People´s Liberation Army (PLA) are the foundations of the people´s war. The ´panel proposal´ of the new central committee will be presented on Monday.

Dahal, Bhattarai ´stooges´ and ´renegades´

The CPN-Maoist general convention termed UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Vice-Chairman Baburam Bhattarai as ´stooges of foreign powers´ and ´renegades.´ The CPN-Maoist said the two were involved in anti-national activities outdoing the reactionaries including the Nepali Congress and the UML.

CPN-Maoist also blames the two leaders for betraying the "revolution.

Similarly, Baidya´s document has also termed Nepali Congress and CPN-UML as representatives of ´status-quoist´ forces, capitalists and beuraucrats.
from Republica