UCPN (M) teams fan out for poll campaign
KATHMANDU, JUL 26 - The UCPN (Maoist) on Thursday launched a one-month election campaign in all the 240 electoral constituencies. During the campaign, the party is set to gauge its position at the grassroot level.
Leaders sent to the constituencies will also evaluate the position of rival parties--Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML--at the local level. The two parties have already conducted a preliminary evaluation of their positions in the constituencies.
According to UCPN (Maoist) leaders, another target of the campaign is to assess the impact of the party's split--when Mohan Baidya left the party to form the CPN-Maoist.
“Our actual strength after the party's split will be known after the election campaign ,” a leader said.
Leaders say the party has not taken any feedback from cadres and the common people after the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections and the integration and rehabilitation of former Maoist combatants.
“Leaders sent to the constituencies will organise mass meetings and interactions and mobilise cadres,” party spokesperson Agni Sapkota told the Post.
The teams visiting the constituencies will also prepare a 'possible' list of candidates the party would field in the November CA elections.
The Maoist party has directed its leaders to use local radios and newspapers for the campaign.
According to leaders, the party will prepare its election strategy after the leaders file reports on the constituencies.
The recent plenum of the party had decided to prepare for the elections by adopting a single leadership system under party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
The party has already formed a committee led by leader Baburam Bhattarai to prepare the party's election manifesto, while the election mobilisation team is led by Dahal.
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