Maoists unite with another revolutionary group

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 24 Jan: Unified CPN (Maoist) Saturday formed unity with another revolutionary communist group—CPN (ML/Revolutionary).
Details of the agreement in ‘principle’ will be worked out later, party sources said after the meeting of two parties in the capital.
The unity comes immediately after the merger of CPN (Maoist) and CPN (Unity Center/Mashal) to form Unified CPN (Maoist).
Narayan Kazi Shrestha Prakash, previously of Mashal, has also been appointed Maoist parliamentary committee.
He has also been given important responsibilities to monitor government operations and handle negotiations with other communist parties for unity.
He has emerged as one of the three top leaders of the Unified CPN (Maoist).
Maoists lead the government and communists have absolute majority in the CA which also is a parliament which has responsibility to draft Nepal’s new constitution after toppling monarchy.
The unity comes after PM Prachanda is facing internal pressures to take over and declare a communist state immediately.
The Prachanda faction in the governing party will find it hard to abandon communist principles while discussing a constitution after unity with another revolutionary group.
Main opposition Nepali Congress is caught in a dilemma as it says ‘democracy is now under threat’ in Nepal.
The so-called ‘international community’ mainly of western nations and India backed Congress against traditional monarchy toppled in 2006.
Only Nepal Army and the fact Maoists don’t have a two-third majority to declare Nepal a communist state are the two hurdles in the complete Stalinist takeover of Nepal.
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Jwala Singh group closes down Bara, Parsa

Kathmandu, 24 Jan: Jwala Singh group in the south closed down Bara and Parsa Saturday protesting the killingof its activist in Bara this week.
Saturday was the first day of a two-day strike.
Violence continues unabated in the region bordering India from where the rebels operate.
Maoists operated from India like groups in the terai now.
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Indian attempts to calm Nepali protests

By Bhola B Rana



Kathmandu, 24 Jan: Indian Ramesh Sippy, on behalf of producers, Friday attempted to quell Nepali protests after the American-produced movie Chadani Chown to China depicted Lord Buddha as being born in India.
The founder of Buddhism was born in Nepal at Lumbini when modern India didn’t exist at all.
Government has banned the screening in Nepal and has appealed to India formally through government channels to make corrections.
“.. we regret if sentiments if the people of Nepal have been hurt because of any reference in the film, which is purely inadvertent,” Sippy said in a statement from Mumbai.
Indian movies make millions of rupees from the screening of Hindi movies in Nepal.
For the Maoist-led government which says it is patriotic the protests are embarrassing.
During the people’s war, it demanded a ban on Hindi movies in Nepal completely.
After coming to power ,Maoists are attempting to appease India which has huge commercial interests in Nepal bordering China, its rival in Asia and the world.
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Maoists, CPN-UML on confrontation course

Kathmandu, 24 Jan: Maoists and coalition partner CPN-UML, also a communist party, are on a direct collision course.
Maoist PLA Nepal Chief Nanda Kishore Pun ‘Pasang’ Friday issued a sternly worded statement accusing CPN-UML and its leaders not to make anti-PLA statements.
Former CPN-UML general Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has lately been making unflattering comments about
PLA.
“Instead of taking the serious and tricky issue of army integration seriously, irresponsible statements are being made. Our serious attention has been drawn.
“Statements have been made saying arms should be delivered at cantonments, PLA should be dissolved, combatants should be jailed, their chest should be measured and combatants should be sent abroad for employment opportunities,” Pun said.
Pus said such statements are lowly’ and warned they will affect the peace process.
The statement comes as student groups affiliated with both parties clash.
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“No party should be in the opposition role during the process of writing the new constitution. The government needs consensus and cooperation from all.”

(Madhav Kumar Nepal, The Rising Nepal, 24 Jan.)
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