TIKA R PRADHAN
KATHMANDU: One of the influential leaders of Unified CPN-Maoist, Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’, who is close to the faction led by senior vice-chairman Mohan Baidhya and general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’, has recently met NC vice-chairman Ram Chandra Poudel to discuss the four-point deal between UCPN-M and United Democratic Madhesi Front.
Chand’s meeting with one of the top leaders of Nepali Congress is seen as a significant development.
According to a highly placed source, Chand, on behalf of Baidhya-Badal alliance, had discussed the ways to scrap the deal signed by Maoists with UDMF to pave the way for consensus government. Talking to media today, Chand admitted his meeting with Poudel.
“NC, UML and Baidhya-Badal faction of UCPN-M were for scrapping the four-point deal as a section of Maoist and UDMF would not be able to conclude peace process and draft new constitution,” the source claimed.
He also claimed that fearing a new alliance among the NC, UML and Baidhya-Badal alliance, Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called the national gathering and training on October 16 to divert the issue.
Besides the Baidhya-Badal alliance, both Nepali Congress and CPN UML have also been opposing the four-point deal claiming that was anti-national and that failed to represent people’s sentiment.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai today met NC vice-chairman and parliamentary party leader Poudel and discussed ways to take ahead the peace process. According to PM’s aide Biswodip Pande, the two leaders have agreed to speed up peace process through the ongoing process.
(Published in The Himalayan Times on October 10, 2011)
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