रविवार, 22 जनवरी 2012

Rishi Raj Baral and Maoist Road position

This intervew is useful also for us for esplaining again maoist road


position about struggle inside PCUNm is always clear:



it needs to struggle and to clash against revisionist line Prachanda, it

needs to struggle with proletarians and masses against Government Battarai,

it needs a new maoist party for defendind and continuing revolution until

new democracy regime towards socialism and comunism



it needs to keep revolutionary maoist nepaleses inside international

communist mouvement, in the march for rebuilding - after RIM crisis - a new

international mlm organisation with all parties and organisations inside and

out the RIM- that want to give to ICM a new maoist center of coordination .

This process advances and this year will obtain a first step



maoist road

maoistroad@gmail. com

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january 2012



Nepal: India maneuvering Baidya camp through Mahara



From telegrapnepal. com



Dr. Rishi Raj Baral, a veteran literary expert and Marxist critique, is

affiliated with the Unified Maoist party. He is the Vice Chairman of

Ichchhuk Cultural Academy chaired by Senior Vice Chairman of Unified Maoist,

Mr. Mohan Baidya 'Kiran'. He is also the Chief Editor of Samayabaddha- a

magazine published in vernacular Nepali language and The Next Front, an

online magazine. Dr. Baral, a close associate and strong supporter of Vice

Chairman Baidya represents the hardliner faction led by the Kiran.



Sujit Mainali for The Telegraph Weekly and its online edition

telegraphnepal. com talked to this firebrand communist scholar on several

aspects of intra-party rift that his party is plagued with right now and his

party's relations with the Indian regime. Below the excerpts of his

exclusive interview: Chief Editor



Q1: When did you meet Mohan Baidya 'Kiran' very recently?



Dr. Baral: Two days ago (January 11, 2012). We were together at a meeting

organized by Ichchhuk Cultural Academy to discuss about its future course of

actions.



Q2: Do you find any changes in him that day?



Dr. Baral: I found him pretty optimist towards the latest political

development observed in our party. Chairman Prachanda has exhibited his

leaning towards the political course floated and strongly advocated by Mohan

Baidya some days ago. However, during my conversation with Baidya, I

cautioned him not to take Prachanda's commitment at its face value. He had

betrayed us after Kharipati meeting and the Palungtar plenum and therefore

we cannot simply trust the verbal assurances of Chairman Prachanda.



I found Baidya very serious towards my observations. He, in an implied

manner, hinted that if Prachanda once again duped us, then our political

course will be different forever and stones will be left unturned to allow

Prachanda to cooperate with us once again.



Q3: Can you tell us what he said during the conversation?



Dr. Baral: He told me that Prachanda has committed to follow the political

line chartered by Palungtar plenum. He also has exhibited commitment towards

the installment of People's Federal Republic, drafting of People's

Constitution and staging of People's Revolt, if need be. Baidya informed me

that Prachanda too had agreed to ask for the resignation of Prime Minister

Baburam Bhattarai as well. I found him optimist towards Chairman Prachanda

assurance.



Q4: Some days ago, it was widely rumored that Unified Maoist party was on

the verge of a vertical split. But now, the intraparty wrangling has been

settled down, we have been told, in a dramatic manner. Don't you think it

sounds absurd? How can you say that the internal rift inside your party is

not a mere drama staged in a calculated manner to hoodwink the opponent(s)?



Dr. Baral: I don't think that the dispute has been settled down inside the

party. I still suspect on the very intention of Chairman Dahal. He is very

cunning and avaricious person and he is also a smart conspirator as well. I

think he has come closer with the Baidya again to regain his waning hold

inside the party structure.



In the previous Central Committee (CC) meeting, Prachanda saw the CC members

from his own panel supporting Mohan Baidya on several issues including

calling back Bhattarai from government, returning back the properties of

feudals previously captured by the party during civil war, etc. Chairman

Dahal rightly acknowledged that if the same situation prevails longer, then

the Baidya camp will soon become dominant in the entire party structure very

soon. Hence, in a hasty manner, he came closer to Baidya.



But I don't think Prachanda and Baidya are united on ideological grounds.

They have made some compromise(s) for short term only. Baidya too does not

believe that Prachanda is fully committed towards the Nepali revolution and

Nepali nationalism.



Q5: Mr. Baral, you mean to say that sharp differences still exist in between

Prachanda and Baidya panel?



Dr. Baral: Hundred percent Yes! Some days ago, the rift inside the party was

very intense and had attained a new height. It was largely supposed that the

Unified Maoists was going to split within a few days. But now the issues

have been settled down temporarily. It may sound absurd, however this is the

reality.



Q6: Why such unusual events happen inside your party very frequently? Can

you please explain its real cause, if you can?



Dr. Baral: The sub-faction existing inside the Baidya camp is responsible

for this situation.



There are two groups inside the Baidya panel. One group wants to bring back

Chairman Prachanda to the revolutionary line while the other group thinks it

as a futile effort. The latter group believes that Prachanda has already

become a revisionist and rightist-opportunis t. This group dreams to

reorganize the revolutionary party and wants to begin the revolution again

from the grassroots level. Whenever the second sub-faction inside the Baidya

camp become influential and comes to surface, it looks as if party is going

to split within some days.



Q7: Can you please name some leaders who represent the hardliner sub-faction

inside the Baidya panel?



Dr. Baral: Let me not disclose their names. I am extremely sorry for this.

My ethics doesn't allow me.



Some leaders and members of Constituent Assembly (CA) from the Baidya panel

too have begun living a lavish lifestyle. Therefore, they are opposing the

idea of staging revolt against the party leadership immediately, fearing

that they may lose the material benefits which they are enjoying right now.



If the CA gets dissolved, then the Unified Maoist party will witness the

vertical split within a week. This is for sure and rest assured.



There is another class inside the Baidya panel which is harshly suppressed

and marginalized by the party's upper echelon leadership. This class is more

revolutionary. This class, which encompasses the overwhelming majority of

the party cadres, is urging for reorganizing the party in order to make it

more vibrant one and revolutionary in real sense.



Q8: Do you think that the Unified Maoist will split eventually?



Dr. Baral: I prefer to use the word 'reorganizing the party' rather than

using the notion of 'splitting the party'. I strongly believe that the

Maoist party will be reorganized sooner than later. The leaders with

reactionary, revisionist, rightist and perfidious tendencies should be

immediately expelled from the party. Action should be taken against the

traitors and the puppet of Indian expansionism. Earlier the better. If this

does not happen, then the Baidya panel itself will see a vertical split.

Take it for granted.



Q9: How strong the Baidya Panel is inside the party? Can you guess?



Dr. Baral: If Vice-Chairman duo Bhattarai and Narayan Kaji Shrestha

'Prakash' withdraw their support from the Prachanda panel, then the Baidya

camp will be the strongest faction in the whole party structure, including

the Steering Committee, Central Committee, Politburo, parliamentary front

and State Committee.



There are about 92 out of 238 parliamentarians of our party who strongly

adhere to the revolutionary political line floated by Mohan Baidya. Out of

142 members of the Central Committee (CC), 55 members are the declared

adherents of our panel. While talking about the military wing of our party,

the Division Commanders have been made avarice and corrupt by Chairman

Dahal. Besides them, the Deputy Division Commanders and other members of

Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) settled in middle and lower rung strongly

adhere to the revolutionary political line. Baidya panel has strongest hold

in Shaktikhor, Holeri, Dahaban and Western Division of the PLA. Apart from

this, the party cadres and leaders who had fought Civil War are all with us.

The newcomers who swarmed inside our party very recently for fulfilling

their vested interests are with Prachanda. Baidya panel is very strong on

ideological, cultural and military fronts of the party. Dr. Bhattarai's

influence in PLA is almost cipher.



Q10: How much optimist are you towards the ongoing political development

happening inside the country?



Dr. Baral: Nepali nationalism is now under serious threat. National economy

is becoming fragile and weak associated with a slide. Political courses of

Kathmandu are being chartered in Washington and largely in New Delhi.

Chinese sensitivities are being largely ignored.



Situation is not so good. If we need to strengthen our sovereignty, empower

the Nepali population and boost the Nepali economy, the revolutionaries and

nationalists should dissociate themselves from the rightist and the

traitors.



Q11: Dr. Baral, you made quite interesting remarks. Can you please shed some

more light on the maneuvering of alien forces in the politics of Nepal?



Dr. Baral: Indian expansionism has become a threat to Nepal and the Nepali

revolution. This has now become an open fact. No longer remains a secret.



Let me tell you something about how India is now maneuvering inside our

party? India is exerting its influence from three different fronts.



Firstly, it is using its longstanding subservient disciples like Baburam

Bhattarai and Ram Karki to strengthen Indian grip inside our party. To a

large extent, India has bagged successes in this regard already.



Secondly, it is using the close associates of Chairman Prachanda and trying

to take Chairman in their firm grip. It is being widely discussed inside the

party that Barsaman Pun 'Ananta', the incumbent Finance Minister, is working

as an intermediary between the Indian establishment and Chairman Prachanda.

Ananta's excessive hobnobbing with the India's intelligence wing has further

raised suspicions about his much hidden intentions. Some months ago, we

found him presenting working papers at a seminar organized by Research and

Analysis Wing (RAW)-the Indian Intelligence Agency.



Let me tell you that the Indian establishment had preferred Ananta as the

Finance Minister in the cabinet of Dr. Bhattarai. This had created massive

uproar inside our party, if you recall those days. It is said that Dr.

Bhattarai had made Ananta the Finance Minister under the direct instructions

of New Delhi for serving the economic interest(s) of the latter in Nepal.



Thirdly, India is trying to maneuver inside Baidya camp through Krishna

Bahadur Mahara. This front of maneuvering is most dangerous and frightening.

Mahara, in a willing manner, is trying to present and project himself as a

close friend of both India and China. But we took him as a person with

excessive South leaning who is now assigned the tasks of producing Indian

puppet(s) even inside the Baidya camp and demolish this camp once and for

all. If Mahara succeeds in his malicious mission, whole Nepali population

will be converted into the puppets of Indian expansionism. This is for sure,

and hence, this issue should be taken more seriously by the countrymen.



Q12: Can you please tell us what might be the immediate plan of India in

Nepali politics?



Dr. Baral: India wants Baidya camp to join the incumbent government for

making Dr. Bhattarai's tenure successful and shielding the waning political

credentials of their man in Nepal. India wants the continuation of the

incumbent government led by Bhattarai.



Q13: To which extent India may go for materializing this plan? Do you have

any idea?



Dr. Baral: As usual, India has again come to the forefront of Nepali

politics. The recent so-called agreement reached between Chairman Dahal and

Baidya was the result of India's maneuvering. India has asked its stalwarts

inside our party to mend fence with Baidya camp and to persuade the latter

to join Bhattarai government. Without any hesitation and doubt, I can tell

that the idea of the so-called agreement was floated by New Delhi. The

stalwarts of the expansionism are now vigorously trying their best to

materialize the grand design of India in Nepali politics. Let all of us

admit this fact.



Slaver like behavior of Dr. Bhattarai towards India is of the highest order

and no other person inside our party has so far exceeded this man in this

regard. In the past, we used to accuse him for being excessively loyal

towards Indian expansionism on ideological grounds. After assuming the post

of Prime Minister, he signed BIPPA with India and Four Points' Agreements

with Unified Madheshi Front. His deeds have now proved him as compliant of

the Indian expansionism. Therefore, India wants the continuation of this

government and Krishna Bahadur Mahara is assigned to achieve this purpose.



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