UCPN (M) CC Meet: Cadres want party to re-unite with CPN-M

KATHMANDU, AUG 28 -
UCPN (Maoist) leaders, who were sent to the 240 electoral constituencies across the country, reported to the leadership on Tuesday that grass-roots level cadres want their party to re-unite with the CPN-Maoist before the November 19 Constituent Assembly (CA) election.

Presenting their reports in the party’s Central Committee (CC) meeting, the leaders said cadres are not satisfied with the split and that the party should make maximum efforts either in forging an electoral alliance or going for unification.

Due to the ideological differences among top leaders, the Mohan Baidya faction left the UCPN (Maoist) and formed the CPN-Maoist last year. Baidya had then said his move was aimed at completing the ‘unfinished task of revolution’. Now, the Baidya-led party has been threatening to disrupt the November election.

According to some of the 85 leaders who presented their reports on Tuesday, cadres told them that the split was a blunder and that it should be ‘corrected’ immediately.

On revamping the party’s position across the country, the leaders suggested that the top leaders reach out to people at the local level and convince them that the party would serve their interests and aspirations and draft a new constitution.

According to the leaders, party cadres complained that top leaders rarely visit them and meet the people.

“All the leaders said that the cadres are not satisfied with the leaders’ failure to reach out to people at the grass-roots level after the 2008 election,” CC member Biso Nath Sah said.

According to the leaders, the first round of the poll campaign, when the leaders took stock of the party’s position in the constituencies, was successful in terms of managing the party’s organisational structure. They, however, said it was sufficient enough to drum up people’s support for the upcoming election.

Maoist leaders from the Madhes said the party’s position has strengthened in the region as compared to the 2008 election. Leaders from the hill region, however, said their position has weakened at the grass-roots level there.

The 85 leaders also presented to the party a list of possible candidates for the November polls.

“All the leaders told the leadership that the UCPN (Maoist) will become the largest party this time around too, if we successfully manage the intra-party rifts,” UCPN (Maoist) spokesperson Agni Sapkota said after the CC meeting.

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