MADICHAUR, Jan 15: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Sunday that the protracted internal dispute over his party’s next strategic move in the peace process has finally ended with the party establishment striking a deal with the radical faction led by Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya.
The Maoist chairman said this while speaking at a yearly festival in the Rolpa village of Madichaur, 9 km north from the district headquarters Liwang.[break]
“We agreed to endorse common political programs for the sake of peace and constitution. As per the deal we will mobilize the masses to press for a timely agreement on peace and constitution drafting processes,” said Dahal addressing the masses in the festival.
According to him, party radicals including Baidya, Ram Bahadur Thapa and Netra Bikram Chand from the radical faction and Posta Bahadur Bogati, Krishna Bahadur Mahara and himself form the establishment faction held a meeting Saturday evening and reached a deal in this regard.
“The Central Committee (CC) meeting to be held Sunday afternoon will endorse the deal,” said Dahal.
Speaking at the program, Dahal also appreciated the contribution of the people of Rolpa for the causes of the “revolution”.
“The district of Rolpa will not contribute to revolution, but also to peace and constitution,” he said.
Dahal was accompanied by party leaders Barshaman Pun, Mahara and Lokendra Bist, among others. But the program did not see the participation of the Baidya faction leaders.
The leaders flew back to Kathmandu after the program was over.
Meanwhile, the Maoist party is making preparations to hold its CC meeting in Kathmandu.
“The CC members are coming to the party head office for a meeting,” said Dhruba Adhikari at the party head office.
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