Bajgain, who is close to UCPN (Maoist) Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya, is the archrival of Jammakattel and he had lately formed parallel committees challenging the legitimacy of Jammakattel as the union chief. [break]
Similarly, Jammakattel, in a press statement issued on Monday, sought clarification from those close to the union faction loyal to Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai. He asked ANTUF Assistant General Secretary Lal Dhwaj Nembang to furnish clarification while accusing him of violating party discipline.
Earlier in the day, the Maoist top brass held a meeting with Jammakattel, Bajgain and Nembang to settle the dispute. Dahal requested them to abide by the decision of the party standing committee meeting decision last Friday.
The meeting had decided to dissolve the parallel committee formed by Bajgain and tasked the ANTUF central committee with holding the fifth national convention and downsizing the committee to 93 members from 251. "I can´t convince those who have been kicked out of the CC after the party decision; I won´t abide by the decision," sources quoted Jammakattel as saying.
Similarly, Bajgain and Nembang stated that they would respect the party decision but object to Jammakattel leading the central body to hold national convention.
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