At a press meet held in Kathmandu, Dahal accused Matrika of being “anarchic and opportunist” and launching an “extortion drive” across the country, and declared that he and Dilip Yadav, another faction in the party, joined hands to evict Matrika from the party. [break]
“The two factions reached an agreement to evict Matrika and his aides from the party,” said Dahal.
According to Dahal, Dilip Yadav is making preparations to join the UCPN (Maoist).
Earlier, Matrika had suspended Dahal for six months, accusing the latter of being involved in “factionalism” and “raising donation for personal purposes”.
The United People´s Front led by Dahal had merged with Matrika´s party last December.
While Matrika claimed that Dahal did not attend the CC meeting held in Saptari last Sunday and Monday, the later countered that he was not invited there, and the decision to sack him was taken by a minority vote.
Both Dahal and Yadav are former Maoist leaders who quit the party accusing Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal of "ideological deviation" and moral impropriety.
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