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Dahal bolstered, for now
- Shrestha, Thapa support his document
KATHMANDU, AUG 27 -
UCPN (Maoist) hardliners — who had proposed going for an immediate “people’s revolt” early this week — have been rebuffed by the party. The proposal had several points conflicting with the one presented by party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Maoist Vice Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha and General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa said during Friday’s Central Committee meeting that the party should not immediately go for the people’s revolt as that would require “sufficient preparation”, according to CC member Lokendra Bista. Shrestha and Thapa supported Dahal’s document instead.
Vice Chairman Baidya, who represents the hardline faction in the party, had proposed on Wednesday the party go for a revolt immediately to meet the goal of making a Janabadi constitution (people’s constitution). His document had also criticised Dahal’s leadership and working style.
The reactions are part of the ongoing discussion on the three conflicting proposals for the party’s future course forwarded by Chairman Dahal, Baburam Bhattarai and Mohan Baidya on Wednesday.
Both Shrestha and Thapa supported Dahal’s proposal “to struggle from the street, Parliament and, if possible, from the government”. They suggested the party leadership finalise Dahal’s document by incorporating the “positive points” raised by Bhattarai and Baidya.
Stating that Badya’s complaints were only about the working style of the party, Thapa refused to recognise that his document proposes a line different than the ones tabled by Dahal and Bhattarai. Shrestha supported Dahal’s proposal that the party should not hold the General Convention (GC) and that an Extended Meeting of the Central Committee would suffice.
Thapa, however, supported Bhattarai and Baidya’s proposal to call the GC. There has been much clamour within the party that the GC should be called as it has not been held for the last 18 years. Shrestha also supported Dahal’s stand that the principal enemy is a “mixture of foreign and domestic regressive forces”.
Though Dahal’s document seems to have gained initial support from some leaders, many in the party say it is unlikely to come up with a uniform view anytime soon as some leaders are demanding that all the three documents be discussed by the 14 state committees and at the Extended Meeting that is slated for September-end.
Posted on: 2010-08-28 08:17
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