Dahal put forward such views while presenting an analytical report on the current political situation and the party´s future strategy, during the party´s Standing Committee meeting that began on Wednesday. [break]
“The deadline for the constitution making and the peace process is tightening by the day. Now the country faces the risk of counter-revolution. Against this backdrop, the HLPM could be the means to bring all the stakeholders together and complete the peace process,” a Maoist Standing Committee member quoted Dahal as saying. If passed, Dahal´s proposal will be adopted as the party´s strategy.
The HLPM was formed on January 8 comprising Maoist Chairman Dahal, Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and UML chairman Jhalanath Khanal to seek political consensus and drive the fragile peace process to its logical conclusion.
While the formation of the high level political mechanism has given a flicker of hope, the leaders of the rival factions in each of the political parties have publicly questioned the mechanism´s capability and mandate to achieve its goals.
During the meeting Dahal also stated that there are nationalists in the current government and the party should appeal them to quit the government and join hands with the Maoists. The Maoist chairman opined that the HLPM could be the means to defeat “the counter revolution plan being hatched by the national anti-revolutionaries backed by the foreigners, especially India”.
The Maoist chairman also stated that the party´s campaign against “Indian interference” would continue, but the party would decide the nature and intensity of the protests after intra-party deliberations. The Maoist chairman also claimed that the party´s ongoing anti-India campaign has been able to bring diverse forces together.
According to Maoist spokesman Dinanath Sharma, the Maoist chief also opined that the Constituent Assembly (CA) should form national security police, set the numerical strength of the Nepal Army and the number of the Maoist combatants before the integration process.
Maoist vice chairmen Mohan Baidya, Baburam Bhattarai and Narayankaji Shrestha and Secretary Posta Bahadur Bogati had commented on Dahal´s paper. There are differences between Dahal and Bhattarai on the party´s strategy on the current political crisis.
While Dahal has taken the “national anti-revolutionary elements backed by foreigners” as the arch-enemy of the party and wants to fight them to achieve the party´s revolutionary goals, Bhattari has argued that the party needs to write the new constitution and complete the peace process first.
The differences between Dr Bhattarai and Dahal have grown wider after the release of Dahal´s recorded speech in which the Maoist chairman blames the former of being India´s choice.
According to sources, Dr Bhattarai and Dahal held talks for three hours on Tuesday to iron out differences.
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