Kiran and Bhattarai to challenge Prachanda

[Saorsa]

We don't know how much of this is true. However, it's interesting.

Baidya, Bhattarai likely to present separate papers

REPUBLICA

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The upcoming Central Committee (CC) meeting of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) is likely to be marked by intense intra-party disputes over the party´s next strategic move.

According to sources, Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya and Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai have been preparing separate political papers against the one prepared by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for presentation at the CC meeting slated for Wednesday.



“There is nothing new in his paper except allegations against Baidya and Bhattarai that they did not cooperate with him to achieve the party´s goals, which is obviously false,” said a Maoist leader close to Baidya.

Dahal prepared his political document at Mirabel Hotel Resort at Dhulikhel where he spent a night and returned to Kathmandu on Sunday.

Sources said Dahal has stated in the document that the party should move ahead to achieve its strategic goals through the street, parliament and government.

“It is the same old tactical line. The document is currently under discussion and it could be modified,” said a top Maoist leader close to Dahal.

While Dahal and Dr Bhattarai are ideologically close, the latter differs with Dahal over the determination of the party´s principle enemy and his “monopoly” in the party as well as the style of running it.

“What we want is systematize the organization, establish collective leadership and remove the current culture of personality worship,” said a central committee leader close to Bhattarai.

Bhattarai faction has accused Dahal of keeping his personal interests at the center while taking decisions and running the party on his whims. This faction is also against Dahal´s ongoing “battle for nationality”.

“It is laughable that he plans to safeguard national independence by delivering speeches on the border. Instead, we should tackle all the disputes with India through diplomatic means,” said the leader.

Sources say Bhattarai is under intense pressure to present a separate paper at the CC meeting. “Even if he doesn´t present a separate paper, he is likely to put forward his views point-wise. But we will first see what the chairman has to say,” said the leader.

Baidya, however, is neither satisfied with the current course of the party, nor Dahal´s style of running the party. He is for launching a revolt to seize state power.

“The party-line of launching a revolt, as endorsed by Kharipati national conclave, has not been implemented, nor has the party leadership bothered to prepare grounds for it,” said a leader close to Baidya. So, Baidya is likely to push for a “people´s revolt” to achieve communist goals.

[Saorsa]

Baidya, Bhattarai table separate proposals
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:43

http://www.nepalnews.com/main/images/stories/igallery/mcc/large/aug_25_10_maoist_centeral_committee_b.jpg

The UCPN (Maoist) central committee meeting, which resumed Wednesday after being postponed thrice since August 12, is all set to see divided opinions over the policies and the future strategies of the party with two vice chairmen Mohan Baidya and Dr Baburam Bhattarai, presenting separate proposals that are seen as a 'counter' to party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal political report.


Leaders of Unified CPN (Maoist) at the party's central committee meeting...
Baidya and Bhattarai tabled their written proposals at the CC meeting simultaneously after Dahal presented his draft, saying Dahal prepared it without consulting other party leaders and that it could not address the viewpoints of all leaders in the party. Generally, chairman (or general secretary) prepares the political dossier in a communist party. Dahal had prepared his dossier during his overnight stay at a resort in Dhulikhel in the weekend.

Maoist spokesperson Dinanath Sharma confirmed that the two vice chairmen had filed their political dossiers at the party secretariat, but refused to call them ‘separate dossiers’.

"They are not separate proposals, but supplementary proposals," said Sharma. “Leaders can put different views at the central working committee verbally or in writing. This time they have put their views in writing."

In his political document, Dahal has stated the party would not quit the ongoing prime ministerial race even if the PM election goes up to tenth round, sources said. He has attributed the failure to elect new PM to the flaws of parliamentary system.

Dahal, who is in the prime ministerial race, has also blamed Indian 'intervention', parliamentary parties and the sections within the Maoist party for the failure to form a Maoist-led government.

Similarly, vice chairman Baidya in his draft has emphasised the need to consolidate the republican system while preparing for a 'people's revolt'.

However, Dr Bhattarai has come up with a softer tone, saying the party should move ahead by forging consensus with the parties in order to defend the political achievements made so far. nepalnews.com

http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/8663-maoist-vcs-file-separate-political-dossiers-at-cc-meeting.html

[Saorsa]

Maoist CC to dwell on ins and outs of stormy issues

POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, AUG 24 -

The Central Committee meeting of the UCPN (Maoist) will take hold its General Convention (GC) to sort out intra-party rifts, particularly ideological differences among leaders.

There is pressure on the party leadership to hold the GC after a hiatus of 18 years. A few days ago, the party’s Advisory Committee urged

the leadership to hold the GC as soon as possible.

Another item on the agenda of the CC meet is ideological differences between party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Vice Chairman Babu Ram Bhattarai. CC member Bam Dev Chhetri said the top agenda is fixing the future course of party as top leaders are at variance.

“There should be unity among leaders about the party’s future line and the CC will widely discuss this,” said Chhetri. Another issue linked to the party’s future course is identification of the ‘principal enemy’.

The CC meet will also take the party’s strategy on formation of a consensus government. According to another CC member the other aim of the CC meeting is to unite the party ideologically.

Chairman Dahal will present the political document at the meeting. However, party insiders say vice Chairman Bhattarai is likely to

present another document if Dahal fails to reflect his line.

As of now, two lines are rattling within the Maoist party about its future course. Failure to take the peace process and constitution writing to its logical end might lead to another insurgency. Vice Chairman Babu Ram Bhattarai is in favour of sticking to the ongoing peace process while Chairman Dahal and other hardliners are pressing for revolt.

The implementation of the code of conduct would be another heated issue at the CC meeting. The party a few months ago had issued a code of conduct to curtail the luxurious lifestyle of party leaders and cadres. The Maoists had formed a committee led by Party vice Chairman Mohan Baidya to prepare the report on the status of implementation of a code of conduct. The report will be presented in the CC meeting. There are complaints within the party that party leaders are living a luxurious life.



Scores to settle

• Identifying the future course of party

• Holding a General Convention

• Identifying the ‘Principal Enemy’

• Maintaining discipline in the party

• Implementing a Code of Conduct

• Settling Financial irregularities

• Intra-purification of the party

• Forming a united front

• Leaders living too luxurious a life

http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/08/24/nation/maoist-cc-to-dwell-on-ins-and-outs-of-stormy-issues/211953/

[DaringMehring]

It seems that Baidya represents the Party left, Prachanda the center, and Bhattarai the right. I hope that Baidya prevails, politically. The danger of opportunism is real and can be seen in "consolidating gains" rhetoric. The Bolsheviks didn't "consolidate gains" after February 1917, despite the Mensheviks' etc. insistence.

[Saorsa]

We don't know who represents what. The capitalist media are trying to split apart the UCPN (M) and we don't know what the debates are about except from what the media tells us.

[RED DAVE]

We don't know who represents what. The capitalist media are trying to split apart the UCPN (M) and we don't know what the debates are about except from what the media tells us.Problem is that just as revolutionaries try to exploit divisions within the capitalist camp, the ruling class does the same.

The parliamentary game is their game, and for revolutionaries to think they can outsmart the ruling class playing their own game is extremely dangerous.

Once the Nepali Maoists began to engage in parliamentary struggle as a way of gaining power, they gave away most of their power. This is being shown over and over again.


[(1)] Dahal, who is in the prime ministerial race, has also blamed Indian 'intervention', parliamentary parties and the sections within the Maoist party for the failure to form a Maoist-led government.

[(2)] Similarly, vice chairman Baidya in his draft has emphasised the need to consolidate the republican system while preparing for a 'people's revolt'.

[(3)] However, Dr Bhattarai has come up with a softer tone, saying the party should move ahead by forging consensus with the parties in order to defend the political achievements made so far.

http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/8663-maoist-vcs-file-separate-political-dossiers-at-cc-meeting.htmlSounds like liberalism to me.

(1) Why would anyone be surprised or indignant if India is fucking around with Nepal. Did they expect anything else?

(2) As mentioned above, "consolidat[ing] the republican system" is consolidating bourgeois rule.

(3) We are talking about a "consensus" with bourgeois parties. What kind of consensus do the Nepali Maoists expect with these people besides a consensus against the working class and the peasantry?


The party a few months ago had issued a code of conduct to curtail the luxurious lifestyle of party leaders and cadres.

http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/08/24/nation/maoist-cc-to-dwell-on-ins-and-outs-of-stormy-issues/211953/Not a good sign.

RED DAVE

[Saorsa]

Problem is that just as revolutionaries try to exploit divisions within the capitalist camp, the ruling class does the same.

Of course.


The parliamentary game is their game, and for revolutionaries to think they can outsmart the ruling class playing their own game is extremely dangerous.

The Bolsheviks managed to use parliament to their advantage. The Maoists in Nepal have done so to an even greater degree. They used winning parliamentary elections and intervening in parliament as a springboard to launch the People's War, and they've used it since the beginnings of the peace process to broaden and deepen their support and expose the forces in Nepal holding back social change.

http://www.permanentrevolution.net/entry/2284


Once the Nepali Maoists began to engage in parliamentary struggle as a way of gaining power, they gave away most of their power. This is being shown over and over again.

If that's true, it should be easy for you to provide concrete examples of how the Maoists have 'given away most of their power'.


Sounds like liberalism to me.

What's liberal about it?


(1) Why would anyone be surprised or indignant if India is fucking around with Nepal. Did they expect anything else?


What a bizarre thing to say. These people aren't stupid, of course they're not surprised. But because it's happening, they've pointed it out and publicly condemned it.

Would you have made snarky comments in the Russian Civil War about whether the Bolsheviks are 'surprised' that the Allies invaded? After all, what did they expect?


(2) As mentioned above, "consolidat[ing] the republican system" is consolidating bourgeois rule.

Life isn't as simple as your Trotskyist dogmas make it out to be. Everything is decided through struggle. The people are not silent spectators in a revolution, they are conscious actors taking part in the greatest theatrical improvisation history can offer. The people of Nepal, under the leadership of the UCPN (M), have brought down the monarchy and are struggling to dismantle feudalism. The republican system that comes into existence as a result of this ongoing struggle could be a bourgeois republic or it could be a people's republic, in which the working masses exercise power. Which of these outcomes triumphs over the other is currently being fought over, and the end result is completely unclear at this point.

The people of Nepal are up in arms in their millions, and they are not fighting for the same old system. Have a bit of faith in them, yeah?


(3) We are talking about a "consensus" with bourgeois parties. What kind of consensus do the Nepali Maoists expect with these people besides a consensus against the working class and the peasantry?

A consensus that will allow PLA fighters to be integrated en masse into the army - the 'logical conclusion' to the peace process Prachanda so often talks about. The destruction of the old royal army and it's royalist officer corps, the NA's replacement with a new national army under a new command structure decided upon through open, democratic struggle, a military operating under civilian control including Maoist control... that is not against the interests of the workers and peasants.

With the royalist officer corps broken and a new national army created, the revolution can proceed. Nepal is currently in a state of deadlock and manouvre between an undefeated Maoist revolution and an undefeated royalist army. The Maoists are struggling to break the royalist army through methods other than armed struggle - and as someone who never even supported the Maoist armed struggle, what right do you have to tell them off for that?


Not a good sign.

The Maoist party is cracking down on any tendencies amongst its leaders ranks towards luxurious living. The party is enforcing a code of conduct that requires its leaders to live humbly. How could this be anything other than a good sign?

[Saorsa]

Clash of personalities, ideals bedevils Maoist party

POST B BASNET

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: Last Wednesday, many Central Committee (CC) members of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) were taken by surprise when the party´s top three leaders presented separate political documents.

For many of them it was something unexpected as party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, during such meetings in the past, would consult the top leaders and incorporate their views in his own document before putting it forward for discussion and endorsement.



The presenting of alternative political documents means that there was no longer such reconciliation, or at least accommodation of views. Differences are so deep and the divisions so wide that the central committee is unlikely to be able to address them.

It´s now almost certain that the Maoist plenum, likely to be held in November, will have to take up this issue. “Given the widening differences it appears that only a party general convention can settle these issues,” says a leader loyal to Dr Baburam Bhattarai’s faction.

The fact that the party has not held its general convention for the last 19 years underscores how serious the differences in the Maoist party are this time.

The growing divisions in the Maoist party have two dimensions-- first, intense factionalism, which is more a reflection of clash of personalities, and second, differences on policies and strategies, which is more an outcome of differences in ideals and philosophy.

Faction-ridden politics

The Maoist party is vertically split into three factions -- led by Dahal, Mohan Baidya and Bhattarai, who represent three different ideological currents.

Dahal accuses Baidya of "ultra-leftism" and Bhattarai of "revisionism" within the Maoist movement. Similarly, Baidya dubs Dahal´s views "centrist" and Bhattarai´s "revisionist", while Bhattarai accuses Dahal of being a "wily leader on shaky ideological grounds ", and Baidya an "ultra-left adventurist".

The Baidya faction itself is divided into three groups. One group led by influential leader Netra Bikram Chand is for an alliance between Baidya and Bhattarai against Dahal, while another group led by Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dev Gurung float an alliance between Dahal and Baidya.

Similarly, lower-rank leaders like Anil Sharma and Rishiraj Baral lead a group that is against both Dahal and Bhattarai, whom they accuse of deviating from communist ideology. "The internal party dynamics is more complex than it appears," says a central leader who has maintained a neutral position.

Bhattarai is comparatively weaker in the party than Baidya and Dahal.

"He did not care about his organizational strength and enjoyed being an ideologue ever since he joined the party 19 years ago. He just used the organizational channels of Dahal and Baidya and that has left him weak," observes a central leader.

But he argues that the leaders have begun a new trend of taking sides "issue-wise" rather than supporting the top leaders blindly, which is to the advantage of Bhattarai.

And there are clashes of egos and personalities. Bhattarai labels Baidya a "classical communist" whose thoughts are frozen in the past and who can never think pragmatic politics. Baidya is not only senior to Bhattarai in the party but also thinks that the latter is largely responsible for ´dragging the party into the dirty waters of multiparty politics´.

If Bhattarai sees Dahal as a man "obsessed with power", the latter sees Bhattarai as an "opportunist whose ambitions are fueled by India, the local feudal-class and the media."

To make things worse, these personality clashes are reinforced by growing and seemingly irreconcilable ideological differences.

Major differences

Dissatisfied with the current course of the party, Baidya is strongly pushing to prepare the ground for an urban uprising, the line passed by the party´s second national gathering held in the Indian city of Jalalabad in 2057 BS, and reinforced by the Kharipati national conclave two years back.

Baidya has demanded a thorough review of the party´s course since the signing of the 12-point agreement, and the launching of a "people´s revolt" to achieve communist political goals.

For Baidya, this is more of an ideological issue. He doesn´t have faith in multiparty democracy-- he never had-- and still adheres to the classic communist line of capturing the state and imposing one-party rule.

Bhattarai upholds the party decision to launch a revolt in theory, but strongly disagrees with Baidya about when the party should opt for it.

If uprising is the only option and an immediate priority for Baidya, it´s only a last resort for Bhattarai, who is for institutionalizing the current achievements and completion of the peace process and constitution-drafting with "optimum flexibility".

He is of the view that the party should rather work for economic transformation of the country by uprooting "feudalism" and speeding up the pace of development.

Dahal´s position is vague at best. He is for moving ahead with the agenda of peace and constitution while at the same time preparing the ground for an immediate revolt.

Though Baidya wants to launch an uprising, he doesn´t have any idea how to go about it.

"At this juncture, the party can neither take up arms, nor is there any possibility of an immediate revolt in the wake of the recent failure of the party´s indefinite strike against the Madhav Nepal-led government," says a central leader. "But Baidya completely ignores the ground reality; he knows what the party should do, but doesn´t know how to do it," adds the leader.

The three leaders also differ over how the party should view India.

While Baidya and Dahal are for declaring India the party´s "principal enemy", Bhattarai argues that doing so would be a self-defeating move at this juncture. He is of the view that the party should first uproot "domestic feudalism" and go for economic transformation before launching any struggle against India.

The Bhattarai faction also disagrees with Dahal´s strategy of joining hands with the royalists, whom the latter sees as nationalists. Rastriya Prajatantra Party--Nepal (RPP-Nepal) leaders have publicly claimed that Dahal has accepted the idea of "cultural monarchy", something which the Dahal camp has not refuted.

All these issues complicate the Maoist party´s position vis-a-vis the peace process as much as it complicates the state of the party itself. In beginning a discussion on all three political documents submitted by the top three leaders, the party has dared to take up this complication. It´s too early to say if it will be able to resolve it.

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=22668

[chegitz guevara]

I think the bad sign is that the Party needed to do to issue a code of conduct for its leaders to live humbly.

[DaringMehring]

I think the bad sign is that the Party needed to do to issue a code of conduct for its leaders to live humbly.

Bad sign that they had to do it --- but good that they *did* do it

[DaringMehring]

The just-posted article confirms the Baidya-left, Bhattarai-right, Prachanda-center analysis. Baidya and Prachanda need to agree on a program of preparing for a successful indefinite general strike to topple the government, and force a final conflict. Focusing on "feudalism" is the path to accomodation with the bourgeoisie in a weak social democracy.

[Saorsa]

I don't think we have the knowledge, let alone the right, to say from overseas which line is correct. We don't accurately know the content of the debates and we don't have access to the information behind them.

There is a real problem on the left of arrogance and assumption. This tendency needs to be challenged.

Our position should be solidarity with the Nepali revolution, opposition to all imperialist intervention, and beyond that we have to leave it up to the people on the ground to decide the path forward. The simple fact of the matter is that we don't have any idea how the revolution should proceed, and it's pure arrogance to pretend otherwise.

This recent statement by party leader Biplap should be kept in mind when analysing and evaluating the reports I post.


[Biplap said] the media reports about the party’s activities were funny and were baseless rumours.

[Saorsa]

MAOIST CC MEET: Call for ‘people’s revolt’ amplifies

POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, AUG 28 -

UCPN (Maoist) Vice-Chairman Babu Ram Bhattarai’s ‘political line’ has sidelined into the margins as most of the leaders who expressed their views in the ongoing Central Committee (CC) meeting on Saturday stressed on a ‘people’s revolt.’

“All leaders emphasised on people’s revolt following an intensive homework,” said a Maoist source. Bhattarai has been arguing in favour of continuing the current democratic engagement to ensure peace and constitution.

Party Secretary CP Gajurel supported Baidya’s political line that the party should adopt a strategy of a people’s revolution to ensure peace and ‘Janabadi Constitution.’

He said the party’s major fight is with India as, according to him, Indian interference has increased. Another secretary Post Bahadur Bogati supported Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s line that the party should go for a revolt.

Standing committee members Barsa Man Pun, Dev Gurung, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel and Haribol Gajurel supported Dahal’s line, while Standing Committee member Netra Bikram Chand supported Baidya and Top Bahadur Rayamajhi supported Bhattarai.

Almost all the leaders said that Dahal and Baidya’s documents were similar as both stressed on a revolt sooner and later. However, Dahal and Baidya are divided on the timing and process of the proposed revolt. “There are increasing voices within the party on starting preparations for the revolt as domestic and foreign forces are hatching conspiracies to isolate the Maoists,” said an SC member on condition of anonymity.

Maoist leaders also criticised Bhattarai for what they called a “soft corner for India.” “The line taken by Bhattarai is wrong,” said Politburo member Hari Bhatka Kandel.

“CC members said the major challenge at present is to keep the party united and to foil plots to split the party,” CC member Narayan Dahal said. Some members went on to claim that the separate documents meet were part of the plot to split the party.

http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/08/28/nation/maoist-cc-meet-call-for-peoples-revolt-amplifies/212113/

[The Vegan Marxist]

I don't think we have the knowledge, let alone the right, to say from overseas which line is correct. We don't accurately know the content of the debates and we don't have access to the information behind them.

There is a real problem on the left of arrogance and assumption. This tendency needs to be challenged.

Our position should be solidarity with the Nepali revolution, opposition to all imperialist intervention, and beyond that we have to leave it up to the people on the ground to decide the path forward. The simple fact of the matter is that we don't have any idea how the revolution should proceed, and it's pure arrogance to pretend otherwise.

This recent statement by party leader Biplap should be kept in mind when analysing and evaluating the reports I post.

We may not have the knowledge to say which line is correct, but only because this is in need of a dialectical reflection - meaning knowledge from practice. But that doesn't forbid us to collectively analyze the situation going on in Nepal in order to determine what we feel should be supported within the lines of the UCPN-M. Revisionism can very well make its way within these disputes - more than likely - due to a possible internal contradiction arising within the Party.

Given, it could be very well made up by the bourgeois-media within Nepal, but that, again, doesn't forbid us from analyzing the situation at hand. If we can clearly point out revisionism in the presence of one of the leaders, then we must correctly point it out & defend the Maoist party from said leader.

Currently, if I may add my own analysis of the current matter, there is a huge dispute taking place internally within the party & is in result of the current PM elections that is being inevitably stalled by the oppositional parties. With Bhattarai wanting to continue this line, with a clear understanding of what it's brought so far, one can only wonder what exactly is the clear goal of Bhattarai - whether if it is truly in the interests of the party as a whole, or whether it's of the interests of himself as being PM. If the latter is true, then Bhattarai is conducting lines of revisionism under the Maoist banner. Now, the same can be said with Dahal & Bogati. Which is why we need to start analyzing the situation a bit better. Yes, have faith in the party, but we must also keep watch of those leading the party.

[RED DAVE]

I don't think we have the knowledge, let alone the right, to say from overseas which line is correct. We don't accurately know the content of the debates and we don't have access to the information behind them.True, our knowledge is limited, but as revolutionaries and internationalists, we certainly have the right to comment on political developments in other countries, especially when they concern revolutionary activities of people who are our, hopefully, our comrades. As a matter of fact, we have a responsibility to engage in such criticism.


There is a real problem on the left of arrogance and assumption. This tendency needs to be challenged.What is even more dangerous to the left is failure to engage in criticism. We saw, for decades, Stalinists and Maoists uncritically supporting every jerk and change in the political lines coming from the USSR and China. I would hope that this uncritical attitude would be gone by now.


Our position should be solidarity with the Nepali revolution, opposition to all imperialist interventionTrue.


and beyond that we have to leave it up to the people on the ground to decide the path forward. The simple fact of the matter is that we don't have any idea how the revolution should proceed, and it's pure arrogance to pretend otherwise.The truth is that we have the responsibility to do the best we can with the information and analytic tools that we have to engage in the most rigorous criticism, positivie and negative, of revolutionary movements in other countries. To engage in anything else is irresponsible.

Obviously, our concept of what it means to be a revolutionary are very different. You stand in the Maoist tradition, which engaged in apologetics for decades instead of criticism.


This recent statement by party leader Biplap should be kept in mind when analysing and evaluating the reports I post.All information has to be kept in mind, analyzed and bullshit rejected to the extent that we sniff it out, anywhere.

RED DAVE

[DaringMehring]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E4xqA94sHDA/THtXitEX7rI/AAAAAAAAABI/OdwtySXI74g/s1600/Nepal_.jpg

Left from the flag in the inset - Bhattarai, center - Baidya, right - Prachanda.

[The Vegan Marxist]

^ ummm...okay? The reason for this was what exactly?

[DaringMehring]

^ ummm...okay? The reason for this was what exactly?

Photocomposition that happened to have the three people being discussed together.

[Saorsa]

That's during the Ring Road rally in May. Maoist supporters created a human chain and encircled the city of Kathmandu, marching along the Ring Road at the outskirts of the city. Prachanda, Bhattarai and Kiran drove the length of the road greeting and saluting their supporters. Other leaders like Badal (in between Prachanda and Kiran) and Shresthra (to Prachanda's left) are also in the car.

[Saorsa]

UCPN-M leadership at decisive crossroads

Added At: 2010-08-31 11:58 PM Last Updated At: 2010-08-31 11:58 PM

THT Online/ File Photo

Tika R Pradhan
KATHMANDU: At a time when the UCPN-Maoist leadership is under fire for being revisionist, some central committee members say Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is losing his grip on hardcore cadres, but has become popular among new entrants in the party.

An influential CC member claimed that those leaders who fought in the insurgency, support hardliner Vice Chairman Mohan Baidhya’s political document.

“Only those leaders who joined the party after unification support Dahal’s document,” he said, adding that standing committee members and influential leaders Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dev Gurung and politburo member Pampha Bhusal support Baidhya.

“Media reports claiming that most CC members were for chairman Dahal were totally misleading,” he said.

The CC member also claimed that Prachanda was saved by Baidhya’s separate document during the Kharipati meeting, or else, the party would have plunged into revisionism. According to another CC member, today, many CC members demanded that the conclusion of Chunbang meeting be reviewed. “Kiran should elaborate his stance that Chunbang’s conclusion was a mistake,” he quoted a CC member as saying.

Many CC members, however, claimed there was no difference between the political documents presented by Dahal and Baidhya. They were divided on Vice Chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai’s proposal to go for a progressive constitution with the help of the NC and UML.

Baidhya claimed that reactionary forces would not allow drafting of a ‘people’s constitution’ and therefore the party should prepare for a revolution. Claiming that there were irregularities in the party even after it joined mainstream politics, the CC members today urged the leadership to come up with specific plans on cultural transformation, besides class struggle.

Thirty central committee members delivered their comments on the three political documents today. The ongoing CC meeting could conclude on Thursday, as all three documents of the top leaders will be taken to the extended meeting. The meeting is expected to come up with the party’s strategy for dealing with the ongoing political deadlock.

PM, Dahal in hush-hush parleys

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal held parleys with UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at Nepal’s residence in Koteshwor on Tuesday. Sources said they discussed various issues, including the ongoing political deadlock, the budget and the government’s annual programmes and policies, besides extending the tenure of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). They also discussed the prime ministerial run-off, among other issues.

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=UCPN-M+leadership+at+decisive+crossroads&NewsID=256044

[Saorsa]

Demand for general convention resurfaces in UCPN (Maoist)
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 09:03

The demand for a general convention has resurfaced in Unified CPN (Maoist) few months after the party decided to defer the general conventions and hold an extended national conference citing unfavourable circumstances outside the party.

Speaking at the ongoing meeting of the central committee some leaders including Bam Dev Chhetri and Ganga Shrestha supported the idea of holding a general convention mentioned in the political dossier of vice chairman Baburam Bhattarai.

Sources say, Bhattarai has advocated for a general convention for democratizing the party and review its policies and programmes. The political dossiers being discussed at the central committee meeting are kept secret.

Speaking at the meeting, central committee member Shrestha said, we can't change the country if the party is not democratic; so we should hold a general convention.

The party has never had its general convention since it got its present name and form.

The latest was some 20 years ago when the party was known as Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), from which incumbent chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal got elected as the general secretary.

The erstwhile CPN (Maoist) had been deferring general convention as it was in war. The demand for general convention after the party came into mainstream politics was stubbed by chairman Dahal citing unfavourable national and international circumstances. nepalnews.com

http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/19-general/8818-demand-for-general-convention-resurfaces-in-ucpn-maoist.html

[Delenda Carthago]

I think the bad sign is that the Party needed to do to issue a code of conduct for its leaders to live humbly.
what did you excpect?christian morality?"thou salt be humble and not live richly"?The marxist way to do things is to make sure these motherfuckers up there cannot take advantage of their position,not relying on their good will.Its called dialectic materialism and has nothing to do with moral.

[Lolshevik]

what did you excpect?christian morality?"thou salt be humble and not live richly"?The marxist way to do things is to make sure these motherfuckers up there cannot take advantage of their position,not relying on their good will.Its called dialectic materialism and has nothing to do with moral.

It has a lot to do with morals. Why struggle for a better world if you don't care about your fellow human? Granted, individual workers and peasants will see a vast improvement in their standard of living under socialism, but I really don't think the whole "collective struggle" and "class unity" thing can be boiled down to a case of the me-me-me!s.

[RED DAVE]

I think the bad sign is that the Party needed to do to issue a code of conduct for its leaders to live humbly.
what did you excpect?christian morality?"thou salt be humble and not live richly"?Considering that, basically, this has been the precept followed by all Marxists leaders, from Marx himself on down (Engels led a more middle-class life), yes.


The marxist way to do things is to make sure these motherfuckers up there cannot take advantage of their positionObviously, in some ways the Nepalese leaders already have.


not relying on their good will.Its called dialectic materialism and has nothing to do with moral.It's not a matter of their good will. It's a matter of party discipline and keeping a watch out for corruption.

RED DAVE

[Saorsa]

Lenin drove a rolls royce and wore fancy pinstriped suits. The UCPN (M) is cracking down on corruption among its leaders and enforcing a more proletarian lifestyle - any problems that have begun to emerge are being identified and dealt with.

Some 'leftists' rejoice every time mud gets slung at the Maoists, and do everything they can to ensure it sticks. That ain't internationalism.

[RED DAVE]

Lenin drove a rolls royce and wore fancy pinstriped suits.As to pin-stripes, I don't know. He almost always wore a suit, yes. The Rolls-Royces were specially built armored vehicles to protect him from assassination. He normally led a very modest life-style.

http://www.google.com/images?expIds=25901,26265&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=lenin+rolls+royce&cp=9&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=aRqBTIXoFIXaOIzazckD&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&sqi=2&ved=0CC8QsAQwAw&biw=1024&bih=578


The UCPN (M) is cracking down on corruption among its leaders and enforcing a more proletarian lifestyle - any problems that have begun to emerge are being identified and dealt with.Question is: why did they emerge at all in a revolutionary communist leadership?


Some 'leftists' rejoice every time mud gets slung at the Maoists, and do everything they can to ensure it sticks. That ain't internationalism.I agree.

But living a luxurious life-style is a very bad sign of incipient corruption. If the high leadership of the party is involved, this is a very serious problem and an indication of what these people might do should they achieve state power. Rot always appears in tiny spots first; then it spreads.

RED DAVE

[Saorsa]

Fair points.


Question is: why did they emerge at all in a revolutionary communist leadership?

Because all human beings are fallible and all human beings can be corrupted by access to privilege. It ain't guaranteed, but it's always a possibility. It's good to see that the UCPN (M) is cracking down on it early.