Baidya, who leads the party´s hardline camp, expressed this view while speaking at the party Central Committee (CC) meeting that resumed in Kathmandu on Monday. [break]
“The party is, no doubt, moving toward capitulation (to the regressive forces). But we can still save it if we put in sincere efforts. The chairman can still be transformed (into a revolutionary leader),” a party CC member quoted Baidya as saying.
At the meeting, the radical leader read out a 12-point paper explaining why the party is precipitating into a quagmire of ideological deviations. Baidya also accused Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai of acting arbitrarily, hoodwinking the party leaders.
“It is not us, but you leaders who are violating party decisions. But rumors are being spread that I am splitting the party,” a leader also quoted Baidya as saying.
The Maoist vice-chairman argued that the main problem lay with the party´ current tactical line, which was to complete the peace process and frame a constitution through compromise, and he pointed out the need to correct that line.
“Bhattarai is clear about his line. But the chairman should clarify why the party is moving on its current path. There should be assessment of the party´s tactical line,” Baidya was further quoted as saying.
The party hardline faction also came down heavily on Dahal for his ´secret meetings with the Indian intelligence wing, RAW´. “One hears that he is meeting with RAW agents, hoodwinking party colleagues. that is a violation of the party´s norms and values,” a CC member quoted Baidya as saying.
Taking strong exception to Dahal´s activism for developing Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Baidya questioned his commitment to Marxism.
“He must clarify whether he is a leader of the proletariat or a Buddhist monk, to be disseminating information about Lumbini. Is that sound for a party that believes in materialism?” Baidya asked.
Baidya´s 10-point dissent
1. Four-pint deal signed with Madhes-based parties,
2. Handover of arms container keys to the Special Committee,
3. Return of properties seized by the Maoists,
4. Taking the integration process forward without consulting General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa, who is the in-charge of the military commission,
5. Agreement with other parties on the framing of a federal democratic republican constitution in contravention of the party decision,
6. Concerning the anti-national statement of former defence minister Sarat Singh Bhandari, and agreement with parties not to hold strikes in the industrial sector for four years,
7. Dahal´s secret meetings with Indian intelligence,
8. Signing of BIPPA with India,
9. Signing of the seven-point deal,
10. Failure to withdraw all court cases against party cadres and decision to form an expert panel for state-restructuring.
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