JANAI PURNE OBSERVED

JANAI PURNE OBSERVED SATURDAY

Kathmandu, 13 Aug.: Rishi tarpani, rakshya bandhan or Janai purne was observed with the changing of the holy thread by male Hindu men. after a bath.
Priests put thread on wrists of men and women for protection.
In terai sisters put rakhi on hands of brothers.
Janai purne is the day to eat kwati or bean sprouts
With Janai purne, the festival season has started.
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THARUHAT TERAI PARTY LAUNCHED

Kathmandu, 13 Aug.: Tharuhat Terai Party was launched in the Nepalgunj Friday.
The terai-based party was launched by Laxman Tharu and Gopal Dahit; Tharu is party chairman with 31 central committee members.
Thari and Dahit defected from UCPN (Maoist; Dahit was a minister in the royal regime.
Tharus consider themselves indigenous people in the south and live across the plains from east to west but their population is heavy in the far-West.
They don’t consider themselves Madeshis.

THREE SPLINTER COMMUNIST PARTIES LAUNCH FORUM

Kathmandu, 13 Aug.: Three splinter communist parties launched a forum Friday to shield the communist movement from what they called right opportunism.
CPN (United), CPN (Maoist) and Revolutionary Communist Party of Nepal formed the forum
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“There are two schools of thought—first is that we can move ahead as per the seven-point agreement while the second is that the agreement should be immediately scrapped and the future course should be should be based on the five-point deal. Now we should stop the situation and move ahead as per the five-point deal.”

(Maoist Second Vice-chairman Dr.Baburam Bhattarai, Republica, 13 Aug.)
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UCPN (MAPOIST) CULTURAL WING SPLITS

Kathmandu, 13 Aug.: The recent efforts within the UCPN (Maoist) to end the continuing intra-party feud seems to have fallen apart, with a split in the party´s top cultural group - Samana Pariwar -- on Friday, Kiran Pun writes in Republica.

Members of Samana Pariwar close to party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal formed a separate cultural group, splitting from the group dominated by Senior Vice Chairman Mohan Baidya.
The faction of the cultural group close to Baidya was in Birtanagar for its cultural campaign “Saman Jansangeet Abhiyan” when the Dahal-faction announced a parallel group in Kathmandu.

“Finally, we announced a 23-member committee,” Bhim Kumakhi, newly appointed coordinator of the group close to Dahal-faction, told Republica. Earlier, he was the coordinator of the Magarat Pariwar.

This is the first time that the establishment faction of the largest party has split a sister organization. The group is the second wing of the party to have faced a split after the party´s trade union. The trade union was split into three groups.

Samana Pariwar had played a pivotal role in educating common people in rural areas about the Maoist ideology during the conflict.

The feud in the Maoist cultural group had surfaced some three months ago after the Dahal faction forcefully separated its members from members close to the Baidya faction.

Both the teams had conducted separate cultural programs in Rastriya Nachaghar and Nepal Academy last month in a clear indication of an imminent split.

Meanwhile, both the cultural groups have claimed to be the legitimate group of the party.

“The party should decide which group is legitimate,” said Bijaya Sampang, coordinator of Samana close to the Baidya faction. “We will file a case in the party against another group.”

Maoist cultural bureau in-charge Ninu Chapagain said the split is the reflection of the continuing intra-party feud. “The split reflects intra party rift. Disputes can be resolved if the faction leaders so want.”

After the split, both the factions have accused each other of being counter-revolutionary.
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