Very less resolved on Maoist front

PALUNGTAR: The jamboree witnessed participation of more than 7,000 people. It took months of preparations and millions of rupees were spent, but the sixth extended Maoist meet could not deliver much other than reaffirm that the party had been reunited.

While differences among the top brass trio persist, the extended meeting has authorised the party’s most powerful body — the central committee — to take an appropriate decision on the conflicting issues presented by the two vice-chairmen through their separate political documents.

The facts notwithstanding, UCPN-M Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a press conference after the closing session this afternoon and claimed that overwhelming success for the party’s sixth plenum. “Three different political documents no longer exist. We have integrated them,” claimed Dahal. Meanwhile, speaking to journalists, both vice chairmen Dr Baburam Bhattarai and Mohan Baidhya stressed there was no question of blending with Dahal. The party is yet to finalise its principal contradiction and assessment of developments since the Chunbang meeting. They, however, agreed that all three documents had been integrated into one along with their differing views on issues, which would be sorted out through appropriate discussion either through a national conference or general convention.

Baidhya said the leaders were unanimous on the party’s work plan, but other issues could be taken to the general convention.

Dr Bhattarai said the party would fight for peace and the constitution, but if the reactionaries plotted to foil these, people would revolt to establish their rights. “Now the UCPN-M will begin its movement unitedly,” he said.

Commenting on Dahal’s document this morning, Dr Bhattarai had said undermining the republic for nationalism was a mistake and that would weaken the revolution. He warned that the documents must not invite revolt in the party.

Baidhya, on the other hand, said Dahal had intended to take all the credit of the revolution as if the others had made no contribution at all. He demanded that the party clarify whose lines the Chunbang and Kharipati meetings had adopted. Dahal had told the closing session there was no option other than surrendering or becoming martyrs.

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