KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist faction led by senior Vice-Chairman Mohan Baidhya today ruled out any compromise until the “true intention”of Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai becomes clear.
“Since the first step of Prime Minister Bhattarai has aroused suspicion within party’s rank and file, we will now wait and see how Dahal and Bhattarai deal with the modality of army integration,” said Standing Committee member Dev Gurung.
He claimed that his faction was never against the peace process and new constitution and would not hamper the process unless that fails to ensure respectable integration of PLA.
As the Baidhya faction refused to join the government, speculations are rife that they would create problems on peace process. “We will seek explanations from both the leaders on modality, group entry and combatant role of the PLA,” he said.
The faction, who had proposed secretary CP Gajurel to be inducted as DPM and Foreign Minister, decided to stay out of the government after Dahal and Bhattarai refused to wait for a few more days.
Today’s Standing Committee meeting decided to call Central Committee meeting on September 19 to sort out the controversy on handing over of arms container keys.
Baidhya faction has been claiming that Bhattarai’s move to hand over arms containers was a ploy to make PLA surrender by accepting the concept of DDR — Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration — which they claim was against the Comprehensive Peace Accord and Interim Constitution.
Speaking at a function earlier today, politburo member Haribol Gajurel, close aide of Chairman Dahal, however, claimed that party would punish Baidhya and his associates if they refused to accept their mistakes.
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