[In Nepal, the UCPN (M) is the parent Maoist party and the third largest party in the current Parliament, sitting in the opposition. In the first elected Parliament, after doing away with the Monarchy, it had provide two Prime Ministers, in two separate instalments. The CPN (M) is is the breakaway hardline faction which did not take part in the last election heading a motley group of fringe parties.]
I/II. http://www.nepalnews.com/index.php/top-story/34116-pkd-re-elected-party-chair,-as-brb-walks-out-updated PKD re-elected party chair, as BRB walks out (updated)<http://www.nepalnews.com/index.php/top-story/34116-pkd-re-elected-party-chair,-as-brb-walks-out-updated> Published on Tuesday, 06 May 2014 10:43 The UCPN (Maoist)'s national convention in Biratnagar has re-elected party chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal to the same post again, as senior leader Baburam Bhattarai has walked out of the convention midway citing differences with Dahal on Tuesday. The closed session of the key opposition party's national convention first approved the proposal of Dahal to form a 99-member central committee. The new central committee then endorsed Dahal as the party chairperson. Dahal's name was proposed by Narayan Kaji Shrestha and supported by Posta Bahadur Bogati. It will be Dahal's 23rd year as the party chair without a break. The central committee will hold its next meeting on May 15 so as to elect other central committee officials. Apart from the current 99 members, the central committee is expected to name 61 more leaders as the nominated central committee members. Meanwhile, Bhattarai has left the closed session in the midway, as he refused to remain even in the UCPN (M)'s newly formed central committee. Along with Bhattarai, 16 leaders, who supported Bhattarai, also walked out of the closed session that resumed today after on-and-off events of the key opposition party's national convention in the eastern Terai city. "We will support the party from outside, but will not occupy central committee posts," Bhattarai said during his short speech in the convention that lasted for around 10 minutes. Following Bhattarai's step, yet another leader Top Bahadur Raimajhi also announced the convention's boycott. The other leaders who left the convention unfinished included Hisila Yami, Debi Khadka, Ganga Shrestha, Hemraj Bhandari, Kumar Poudel, Balwati Sharma, Prabhu Sah and Debenra Poudel, among others. Leaders of Bhattarai panel said their voices were ignored by party chair Dahal in the convention, as Dahal involved allegedly in highhandedness in the selection of party's central committee members. With the self withdrawal of Bhattarai supporters, chairperson Dahal had announced the new central committee without including the opposition leaders of his party. Bhattarai is leaving for China on Wednesday and he cited it as one of the reasons for abandoning the convention halfway. This is the first time that Bhattarai is visiting the northern neighbor after shunning 10-year long armed conflict and joining the peace process in 2006. II. http://www.nepalnews.com/index.php/news/34118-cpn-m-to-expedite-unity-talks-with-two-left-parties CPN-M to expedite unity talks with two left parties<http://www.nepalnews.com/index.php/news/34118-cpn-m-to-expedite-unity-talks-with-two-left-parties> - Published on Tuesday, 06 May 2014 11:28 A politburo meeting of the CPN-Maoist chaired by Mohan Baidya has decided to take ahead party merger talks with two communist parties - CPN (United) and Revolutionary Communist Centre, on Tuesday. "Unity talks are moving ahead positively with these two parties. Efforts are being made to bring the mutual talks to a logical conclusion," read a CPN-M statement issued today. Both the parties, proposed to be merged with CPN-M, are fringe parties and hold minimum effect in national politics. However, the merger move has been taken as an effort of the CPN-M to set up a leftist centre of hardcore communists, who still believe in non-peaceful means, such as, waging an armed conflict and people's war. "For the unity of all revolutionary communists of Nepal, we are at the stage of developing the theoretical, political and organizational foundations," added the statement. According to CPN-M, such "foundation" will have six components: (1) Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, (2) new pro-people revolution, (3) boycott of parliamentarianism, (4) acceptance of the role of 'force' for social revolution and transformation, (5) readiness to correct past mistakes, and (6) developing party organization as per the spirit of pro-people centralism. "We have vested the authority to expedite merger talks to our central committee comrades," the statement further said. As a continuation of its previous policy, today's CPN-M meeting also decided to boycott the by-election of Constituent Assembly to be held in three constituencies. The CPN-M will hold its national convention sometime after two months, the meeting further decided. Addressing a press meet organized to make public the party's decision, CPN-M chair Baidya did not rule out party unity talks with its mother party, the UCPN (Maoist) headed by Pushpa Kamal Dahal. "But for that to happen, they have to correct the line endorsed by the Hetauda convention," Baidya said. The UCPN (M)'s Hetauda convention had approved the political document of chairperson Dahal, stressing that they would make efforts to attain political ambitions only through peaceful means. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
