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KATHMANDU: Senior Vice-chairman of the UCPN-Maoist, Mohan Baidhya ‘Kiran’, today threatened to overturn decisions of the Constitutional Committee’s Problem Resolution Sub-committee, which has party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as its coordinator.
Addressing an interaction at his Gongabu-based residence, the senior Maoist leader said Dahal has been sticking to the sub-committee post, though the party has recalled him from the panel tasked with building a consensus on issues related to the new constitution.
He urged all concerned not to take Dahal’s decisions as the party’s as he has not bothered to stick to the party’s stances after becoming the sub-committee chief. “Why should the state pay so many CA members if the sub-committee takes all decisions?” Baidhya asked, challenging the parties to justify the decisions that the Dahal-led panel has taken.
“If the term ‘people’s war’ is not acceptable to the parties, the Maoists will not accept the ‘People’s Movement’, Baidhya said, demanding that the new constitution make mention of all movements.
Baidhya said that the Vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai-led government should resign without delay for the sake of a unity government. “We had indeed proposed party General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ as the next PM, but now we have entrusted four top leaders of the major political parties to name the next PM,” he said. The leader of the hardliners’ faction in the Maoist party maintained that he is for peace and constitution, but not the way the establishment wants it.
“We want lasting peace in the country,” he said, adding that concerns of the hardliner faction should be addressed to ensure lasting peace. “Our faction is not for launching a people’s revolt immediately,” he said, reasoning that movements of the frustrated people will ultimately lead to a mass-based revolt.
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