Maoist party source said the leaders were assembled in the capital as there were no programs in the village-level due to uncertainty in the country after the May 28.[break]
Likewise, most of the party leaders are back in the capital due to the two-line struggle inside the party.
Secretary of the Maoist’s Magarat State Committee and central member Purna Bahadur Gharti said the leaders were not assembled in the capital as per the party’s plan.
However, the source said that the leaders were gathered in the capital to attend the separate meetings of their own groups after the intra-party rift between the party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior vice chairman Mohan Baidhya escalated lately. However, the leaders claimed that they were not assembled in the capital for attending the clandestine meetings of the groups concerned.
Maoist politburo member and in-charge of the Magarat State Committee Hemanta Prakash Oli is living in Kirtipur for years while in-charge of the Abadh State Committee Devendra Poudel is also residing in the capital for long. But, Poudel claimed that he was residing in Butwal as per the party direction.
Not only the chiefs of the State Committees but co-incharges, secretaries, coordinators of the sister organizations are also gathered in the capital.
Maoist central member Dinesh Panthi said the leaders may not have resided in their workstation due to lack of concrete programs of the party after May 7.
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