The training, which saw the participation of members from the Maoist Kochila state committee, was conducted by UCPN (Maoist) Secretary CP Gajurel, who is from the hard-line faction led by Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya. [break]
He is staying in eastern Nepal for a week to give training to the members of all the state committees here.
Gajurel, who is also the party in-charge of the eastern region, said that his faction is holding such training throughout the country.
Over 150 Maoists from Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari participated in the meeting.
"We were not in favor of conducting secret gathering. But we are doing so as other factions in the party have been holding such gatherings," he told Republica.
"We realize that we were left behind in holding secret gathering and training," he added.
The Maoist secretary informed that his faction would train other subordinate committee members in the next phase.
"There is no ban against such meetings," he said.
Gajurel argued that the party leadership made a grave mistake by handing over the keys of the weapons containers to the Special Committee. He said his faction would intensify struggle against the current coalition if it doesn´t admit the mistake, but added that the faction doesn´t want to topple the government.
Gajurel conceded that the party is undergoing intense internal struggle, but argued that the party would not split. "We formed the party through a revolutionary process. If someone compels us to do so, we will counter," he said.
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