Republica
reports that a Standing
Committee
(SC) meeting
of the establishment
faction
of the Unified
Communist
Party of
Nepal-Maoist
(UCPN-M)
decided
on June
13 that
party chairman
Pushpa Kamal
Dahal aka
Prachanda
is ready
to quit
the party
leadership
for the
sake of
preventing
party split.
The decision
comes at
a time when
the dissident
faction
of the Maoist
party led
by Senior
Vice chairman,
Mohan Baidya
has called
a national
gathering
for June
15 in a
bid to form
new party.
The meeting
held today
has also
decided
to remodel
party’s
strategic
line and
keep revolutionary
legacy of
the party
intact for
the sake
of party’s
unity, Girirajmani
Pokhrel,
a SC members
informed.
A crucial
meeting
between
two rival
factions
is also
scheduled
for this
afternoon
as a last
bid to prevent
party split.
The talks
between
the rival
factions
of the UCPN–M
on June
12 had ended
inconclusively
after both
the factions
refused
to budge
from their
stances
on a host
of issues
that have
divided
them since
last August.
However,
both had
agreed to
sit again
for talks
today.
Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress (NC) on June
12 has expressed
concerns
over the
UCPN-M’s
“extortion
drive” targeting
industrialists
and businessmen
in the name
of managing
their former
combatants.
Issuing
a press
statement,
the party
has said,
“The Nepali
Congress
strongly
denounces
the Maoists
for carrying
out extortions
and demanding
employment
and shares
in industries
based in
Hetauda
Industrial
Estate and
other areas
of Makwanpur.” |
