The volunteers bureau has six commands and six departments, exactly what the party had during the insurgency period.
Uma Bhujel will take charge of the Central Command, Jaga Prasad Sharma the Western Command, Shrawan Yadav the Madhes Command, Himaldhan Rai Eastern Command, Ganesh Man Pun the Special Command and Deeplip Prajapati the party wings command.[break]
According to sources, plans are afoot to form divisions, brigades and other units that resemble the party´s organization during the war period.
During a recent cadre-training program, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had stated that the party would form a combative youth force comprising over 500,000 members to complete the ´revolution´.
The party has already formed a 59-member People´s Volunteers Bureau led by party hardline leader Netra Bikram Chand, and will soon form the state, district and local committees.
According to party leaders, the volunteers are all set to launch cultural programs in various cities till 8 May.
The Maoist party has stated that the force was formed to deploy party cadres in three sectors: security, production and construction.
The bureau will chart out a plan for each of the 14 Maoist states and 75 districts.
"The Bureau has given authority to the state and district chiefs concerned to prepare models for the mobilization of volunteers by May 8," Ramdeep Acharya, a CC member, told Reupblica.
"We will have 89 plans of action including 14 plans for 14 states and 75 plans for 75 districts,” he said
According to him, the party will mobilize cadres and engineers for the construction of roads, bridges, buildings and irrigation projects, among other things, and medical doctors to launch health camps.
Last Monday, the bureau decided to launch a separate publication covering the activities of the volunteers.
As per the decision, bureau chief Chand, who is close to Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya, will take charge of the party´s finances, while Shakti Bahadur Basnet will take charge of the publicity department. Similarly, Devendra Poudel will be chief of the training department.
Basnet is close to party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, while Paudel is close to party Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai.
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