It could even be a final battle," said Dahal while welcoming youth leaders who defected from the CPN-ML to the Maoist party, at a function in Kathmandu. He pointed out the need for unity among the leftists, nationalists and republicans to save the country from sliding into crisis.[break]
The Maoist Chairman argued that there is no other option other than preparing for the final battle to save the nationality. "The youths should be ready to make any kind of sacrifice to foil the conspiracy against the peace process and constitution drafting," he said. General Secretary of the CPN-ML aligned Progressive Youths Union Haribansa Mainali and 18 other leaders defected to the Maoist party on Saturday.
Maoist plenum postponed to Nov 14
The UCPN (Maoist) has postponed the much-talked about party plenum to Nov 14, citing the forthcoming festivals of Dashain and Tihar and the visit by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to China. The plenum will be held in Gorkha, the same venue fixed earlier.
The top office bearers of the Maoist party took a decision to this effect on Saturday.
The party stated that Dahal would leave for China on October 22 to participate in Shanghai Expo. Earlier, the party had decided to hold the plenum on October 23 in Chitwan, but the venue was shifted to Gorkha district for October 29 due to dengue outbreak in Chitwan. It´s the third time that the party has changed the date for the plenum.
The forthcoming Maoist plenum is being seen with special interest as separate political documents prepared by the top three leader - Dahal and vice-chairmen Mohan Baidya and Dr Baburam Bhattarai-are likely to be debated in the meeting.
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