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Party feuds
Khanal and Oli factions of CPN-UML have finally reached a consensus after a year-long bickering . The two factions were fighting over leadership issues, and also over the party’s position regarding the Maoists. The Kathmandu Post writes about the new consensus:
Opposing Khanala’s proposal to adopt the policy of “unity, coordination, and transformation” while dealing with [...]
Dangerous game
Maoist leaders visited key points of the Nepal-India border yesterday as part of their campaign for ‘national independence’, but were at pains not to annoy India.
At the disputed Susta, Nawalparasi border, Baburam Bhattari said “foreign interventionists” and “internal reactionaries” were undermining Nepali independence. The Kathmandu Post reports:
Baburam Bhattarai said Nepalis had to fight against foreign [...]
A deal nears
A day after Pushpa Kamal Dahal was heard on a leaked audio tape telling party cadres that plans are underway for a decisive people’s revolt, the Maoists have publicly reaffirmed their commitment to democracy. The Himalayan Times reports:
Baburam Bhattarai said, “it’s not capturing state power as Prachanda said, but attaining power in a democratic way [...]
Onward march
Top Maoist leaders plan to lead marches at key points of the Nepal-India border as part of the party’s newly announced movement for ‘national independence’. The Himalayan Times reports:
As per the proposal, chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal would lead a team to inspect Kalapani-the most controversial India-Nepal-China border point, where Indian army is stationed; Vice Chairman [...]
“Worst display of violence since Jana Andolan-II”
More than 70 people, including a Maoist CA member and a Deputy Superintendent of the Police (DSP), were injured in the clashes between the police and the Maoist protestors on Sunday. It was the first day of the three-day long banda called by the Maoist. The Kathmandu Post reports:
Sunday’s strike saw Deputy Superintendent of Police (DP) Dilip Chaudhary [...]
Some harmony, a whole lot of tension
We start this Friday with some heart-warming news from Parsa: Muslim residents of a village, who are in the majority, are building a temple so that the minority Hindu residents can have a place to pray. Republica reports:
Muslims have initiated construction of a temple in Baluwa Tole in Mahadevpatti-2 where just 10 of the 115 [...]
The brief on Saturday
What happens in Singapore…
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala have denied that they made a secret deal to overthrow the government, after a transcript of their alleged conversation surfaced yesterday. A purported transcript of a conversation between the two leaders in Singapore shows them making an agreement to remove [...]
