Accompanied by his aides and security guards, Dahal reached the resort at 10 in the morning and has been busy with analyzing the yearlong performance of the party and future course of action. [break]
The Maoist leaders during the last politburo meeting had demanded that the chairman present a written document at the forthcoming central committee meeting.
Leaders close to Dahal say Dahal´s document will incorporate all the issues the party is facing including the next strategic move in the face of growing polarization between the “patriots” and left forces and the non-Maoist political parties.
“Besides an analysis of the party´s performance last year, the chairman will chart out a strategy to deal with the current situation,” said Maoist leader Shakti Basnet, who is close to Dahal.
According to him, Dahal will formally document the party´s proposal for a consensus system, instead of the current majority system, besides the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal paving the way for a national unity government and extension of the Constituent Assembly (CA) deadline.
“If these demands are not met, the party will not lend support for CA deadline extension and that would further polarize the Nepali politics,” says Basnet.
But facing the central leaders in wake of the general strike fiasco is not easy for the Maoist chairman.
According to sources, Dahal is for joining hands with “patriots” to fight against the parliamentary parties due to his repeated failure to checkmate them, while the soft-liners, led by Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai, are against forging an alliance with those loyal to the former king.
“The chairman will have to satisfy the central leaders on what the party achieved in a whole long year. The party´s policy was an utter failure,” said a leader who has maintained a neutral position in the faction-ridden Maoist party.
While the party hardliners say there should be unity among the nationalist elements for “national independence”, the soft-liners maintain that republicanism, federalism and secularism are yet to be institutionalized and tackle foreign intervention in Nepali politics diplomatically.
But the leaders who are not affiliated to either faction say the party´s current strategy must be changed and give it a “revolutionary character”.
"As things stand now, the party should move towards revolutionary director in wake of its repeated failure to achieve the compromised goals during the last four years,” says party politburo member Narayan Sharma.
According to him, the party will adopt a “tit for tat” method as a fitting reply to the status quoists and the regressive political parties.
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