A meeting of the party office bearers at Koteshwar decided to expedite the month-long ´publicity´ and ´exposure´ campaigns as announced earlier at the end of the third phase of protests on Tuesday.
The party has set a slogan -- Let us all patriots and republicans unite -- for the fourth phase of protests to give momentum to the ongoing movement with the theme of national independence.
According to Maoist Spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma, the party will hold mass rallies in several parts of the country including in the areas allegedly encroached upon by India. Central Maoist leaders will address the rallies.
The Maoists, however, are yet to decide the dates and venues of such rallies. “We will unveil the dates and venues within a day or two,” Sharma said.
The party has announced to expose the persons indicted by the Rayamajhi Commission for suppressing the Janaandolan II, and corrupt and ´foreign brokers´.
Earlier, the Maoists had decided to expose what they call ´agents of India´ during the fourth phase of protests, concluding that India was main hindrance to restoring ´civilian supremacy´ and ´nationality´.
The Maoists have been demanding that they be allowed to debate a resolution motion against the president in the House. The Maoists have announced to launch indefinite general strike if the government failed to pay heed to their demands by January 24.
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