The organizers of the function have stated that they would try to bring an end to the current faction-ridden politics in their All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF) at the gathering. [break]
“We are holding the gathering to press the party to take initiatives to solve the problems plaguing the union,” said union leader Lal Dhwaj Nembang, who is close to Bhattarai.
Bhattarai is scheduled to address the gathering.
The Maoist trade union is vertically divided into three factions led by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya and Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai.
The current union chief Saligram Jammakattel is close to Dahal, while the union Vice-chairman Badri Bajgain, who has recently formed parallel committees in the union, is close to Baidya.
The internal crisis in the union flared up after the conflicting factions declined to abide by the party standing committee decision. The party had decided to downsize the current Central Committee (CC) of the union from 261 members to 93 members and entrust the CC as the committee to hold national convention of the party.
But the Baidya faction and Bhattarai faction are against letting Jammakattel lead the committee to hold national convention. “We cannot accept Jammakattel as the chief,” said Nembang.
Bajgian is scheduled to hold a meeting of the Sanghiya Parisad, a mega gathering of all the central committee members of the Maoist trade union chapters, on Saturday.
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