According to sources, Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya and Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai have been preparing separate political papers against the one prepared by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for presentation at the CC meeting slated for Wednesday. [break]
“There is nothing new in his paper except allegations against Baidya and Bhattarai that they did not cooperate with him to achieve the party´s goals, which is obviously false,” said a Maoist leader close to Baidya.
Dahal prepared his political document at Mirabel Hotel Resort at Dhulikhel where he spent a night and returned to Kathmandu on Sunday.
Sources said Dahal has stated in the document that the party should move ahead to achieve its strategic goals through the street, parliament and government.
“It is the same old tactical line. The document is currently under discussion and it could be modified,” said a top Maoist leader close to Dahal.
While Dahal and Dr Bhattarai are ideologically close, the latter differs with Dahal over the determination of the party´s principle enemy and his “monopoly” in the party as well as the style of running it.
“What we want is systematize the organization, establish collective leadership and remove the current culture of personality worship,” said a central committee leader close to Bhattarai.
Bhattarai faction has accused Dahal of keeping his personal interests at the center while taking decisions and running the party on his whims. This faction is also against Dahal´s ongoing “battle for nationality”.
“It is laughable that he plans to safeguard national independence by delivering speeches on the border. Instead, we should tackle all the disputes with India through diplomatic means,” said the leader.
Sources say Bhattarai is under intense pressure to present a separate paper at the CC meeting. “Even if he doesn´t present a separate paper, he is likely to put forward his views point-wise. But we will first see what the chairman has to say,” said the leader.
Baidya, however, is neither satisfied with the current course of the party, nor Dahal´s style of running the party. He is for launching a revolt to seize state power.
“The party-line of launching a revolt, as endorsed by Kharipati national conclave, has not been implemented, nor has the party leadership bothered to prepare grounds for it,” said a leader close to Baidya. So, Baidya is likely to push for a “people´s revolt” to achieve communist goals.
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