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Dahal bounty under mutiny
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KATHMANDU, JUL 14 -
The faction led by UCPN (Maoist) Vice-Chairman Babu Ram Bhattarai (BRB) is demanding the party’s Standing Committee or Politburo meeting immediately take a fresh decision on the formation of a national consensus government, especially about the prime ministerial berth.
According to party sources, some leaders are pressing Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to chalk out alternatives to form a majority government led by the Maoists.
In the Standing Committee, Chairman Dahal holds the majority and the leaders have sought a Politburo meeting where Bhattarai commands. Earlier, a politburo
meeting on June 15 declared
that Chairman and Parliamentary Party leader Dahal would lead the government.
“NC and UML snubbed that proposal, so we should make another effort keeping alternatives to Dahal for forming a majority government,” said a Maoist leader. The Bhattarai faction is also insisting that the party must be ready to show flexibility on the integration and rehabilitation action plan of Maoist combatants so as to form the government. “The party failed to form a consensus government led by Chairman Dahal, so he should be ready for alternatives,” said the Maoist leader.
“We have piled pressure upon Chairman Dahal to negotiate with NC and UML about the formation of a national consensus or a majority
government led by our party,
keeping both alternatives open,” said a Maoist Politburo member seeking anonymity.
According to him, alternatives to Dahal would be Bhattarai or General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa. Standing Committee member Netra Bikram Chand said that intra-party discussion is on about forming the majority government and picking alternatives to Dahal.
NC and UML say consensus cannot be forged in the name of Dahal. Speaking at a programme in the Capital, Maoist politburo member Ram Karki said that the party should take new decisions for the leadership of the government.
He said that as consensus could not be arrived at for a Dahal-led government, the party should
opt to forward other leaders and talk to the other parties. Meanwhile, Dahal is expressing his unwillingness to call the meeting.
“As NC and UML are saying
that consensus can be forged if Bhattarai is the prime ministerial candidate, we should be ready for that. If NC and UML reject that also, they will be exposed before the people,” said Karki.
Other parties have called their respective meetings to prepare their strategy but the Maoist party is sitting silent. Karki openly said that Bhattarai was the best candidate after Dahal. “Babu Ram Ji has the experience of running a parallel government during the Maoist movement and he displayed his acumen as Finance Minister,” said Karki.
Posted on: 2010-07-15 09:30
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