“We will see how the establishment approaches us and finalizes the reshuffling of party responsibilities, and we will forge our strategy accordingly,” said a senior Maoist leader close to Bhattarai. [break]
The hard-line faction led by Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya has also demanded a lion´s share in the party organization.
According to sources, the party establishment has not yet made any concrete move for reconciliation with Bhattarai, though some leaders close to Baidya are seriously looking for ways to that end.
With the backing of the party´s hard-line faction, Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal got his political document endorsed by the Central Committee last Friday, ignoring the political views of Dr Bhattarai who had vehemently opposed Dahal´s proposal to go for a “people´s revolt” and declare India the “principal enemy”.
The Bhattarai faction has put forward two conditions for reconciliation: reasonable share of the party´s organizational positions and no ban on freedom of expression.
The CC meeting on Friday decided to ban party leaders from freely expresssing their ideological views through publications other than the official one to be published by the party.
Bhattarai faction leaders have stated that they would abide by the party decision if some mechanism is developed to disseminate their views. “But nobody should dare to stifle our voice,” said a party central leader from the Bhattarai camp.
The cental leader said it is up to the establishment to manage majority and minority voices in the party. “But if they move ahead ignoring our voice, it may lead to dire consequences,” he said.
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