CPN
(Maoist Center) and Nepal Samajwadi Party set to unify
forming CPN (Socialist) (rep 22/11/2023)
Maoist
Centre and Nepal Socialist Party to expedite
preparations for unification (rep 19/11/2023), Decisive
talks between Prachanda and Baburam set stage for
Maoist-NSP unity exercise (kh 20/11/2023)
Dahal
predicts big comeback for CPN-MC (ht 27/10/2023) [Dream on!]
Are
Left parties contemplating reunification amid political
shifts? (kh 09/10/2023) [Two
authoritarian autocrats are never able to deliver the
policies people need!]
Maoist
Center contemplates changing party name ahead of
convention (kh 19/09/2023), Dahal’s
party ready to drop ‘Maoist Centre’ tag for unity with
communist parties : The party will decide on the matter
at its next general convention, according to a circular
to the lower level of party committees (kp
19/09/2023) [Name changes are
part of everyday life in this party: CPN (Maoist), UCPN
(M), CPN (Maoist Centre), NCP, CPN (Maoist Centre)... So
far, this has not stopped the decline!]
Fighting
a straw man : Prime Minister Dahal, as always, is on the
lookout for a non-existent class enemy (kp
14/09/2023)
Maoist
Center’s “Maoists with People” campaign starts today
(kh 02/09/2023), Maoist
Centre gearing up for elections four years away : Under
the party’s Mission-84 campaign, leaders plan to meet in
person 2.5 million voters and boost the party’s
membership to 800,000, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
02/09/2023) [Without a radical
change of generations and a return to the original
values and ideals, this party will not stand a chance in
four years!], Maoist
Center’s campaign begins in all 759 wards of Gandaki
Province (kh 02/09/2023)
Maoist
Center’s transformation prerequisite for country’s
progress: PM Dahal (kh 29/08/2023) [Better
say "prerequisite for for your party's and your personal
political survival"!]
Maoist
leaders’ lust for power and money weakened
organizational integrity: Prachanda (kh 28/08/2023)
People’s
movements defamed via social networking sites: PM Dahal
(kh 25/08/2023)
Golden
defiance: Mahara stays unbowed amid alleged gold
smuggling link, by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 15/08/2023)
As
Maoists discuss leadership change, some espy chance :
Pun, Sharma hope to succeed Dahal. Another claimant is
Shrestha. Chand could make an entry as Dahal’s favourite,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 11/08/2023) [A
new beginning looks different! Once again, only men are
up for discussion, predominantly from the Khas Arya
group. The discussion shows that generational change and
social inclusion continue to be disregarded!]
Will
the three-month grassroots campaign rejuvenate the
Maoist Centre? With the party bereft of policies and
programmes to solve people’s problems, such drives won’t
amount to much, say experts, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/08/2023) [The Maoist party
has forgotten all the ideals it claimed to stand for
until 2008!]
In
view of next elections, CPN (Maoist Centre) talks about
grassroots connection : Leaders and cadres at central
committee meeting criticise top brass for party’s
electoral decline, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 07/08/2023)
‘Maoist
party will amend statute to pick top leaders through
elections’, interview with Lekhnath Neupane, a CPN
(Maoist Centre) central committee member (kp 07/08/2023)
Maoist
Center’s CC meeting abuzz with calls for party reform
(kh 06/08/2023), Rage
Against Top Leadership, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
06/08/2023), Maoist
Centre reshuffles roles, responsibilities for party
leaders (rn 06/08/2023) [This
reshuffle is a farce! People are not being exchanged,
only the tasks assigned to them. The continued dominance
of male Khas Arya, especially male Bahun, is disgusting!]
Calls
grow at Maoist central committee meeting to book its
corrupt leaders : Party’s downfall was inevitable due to
the disconnect between its ideology and actions, says
Lekhnath Neupane, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/08/2023)
Maoist
Center adds 22 women members to Central Committee
(kh 04/08/2023) [This remains
completely inadequate. Moreover, half of the nominees
are from Bahun castes, which as always does not mean
ethnic inclusion!]
Maoist
leaders back Dahal government's pro-people moves (rn
04/08/2023)
Maoists
seek probe into leaders’ assets : Prime Minster Dahal
smug about government’s achievements, vows to continue
anti-corruption drive. Leaders accused of nepotism in
hiring personal secretaries. Maoist Centre abruptly
cancels livestream plan for its Central Committee
meeting, by Anil Giri (kp 03/08/2023)
Maoist
Center set to expand Central Committee, embracing
inclusivity (kh 02/08/2023) [Social
inclusion must take place to the same extent at all
levels of the party. Otherwise, one cannot speak of such
inclusion. Especially at the upper levels of the party,
as with all parties, the proportion of male khas aryas
is overwhelming. For example, at the top party level,
there should be at most one male Bahun. The CPN (MC) is
still worlds away from this!]
Three
Maoist Center leaders, including Central Committee
Member, defect to UML (kh 02/08/2023)
PM
Dahal adopts the strategy to ‘exhaust’ Bhattarai and
Chand (rep 02/08/2023)
Dwindling
cadre base worries leaders of ruling Maoist Centre :
Party’s excessive focus on governments has left the
party organisation in disarray, say leaders. The Maoist
Central Committee meeting is set to convene on August 2,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/07/2023) [The
party has long forgotten its former intentions and goals
and its leaders are no longer different from the failed
leaders of other parties!]
“Maoist
Center appears to prolong its tenure in power”, by
Arun Kumar Subedi (kh 10/07/2023)
Groundwork
preparation underway for unity between Maoist forces: PM
Dahal (kh 01/07/2023) [Maoist
or socialist? Nobody needs Maoist forces!], PM
Dahal emphasizes on reviving Nepal Communist Party
(kh 02/07/2023) [???? New
parties with the same old failed politicians are no
solution. Comprehensive personnel changes are needed in
all political parties!], Dahal
woos Maoist forces. Is that too little too late? Maoist
Centre is in an existential crisis as its strength in
2022 elections fell sharply compared to the 2017 polls,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/07/2023), Dahal’s
insecurity : How will bringing together parties with
limited public mandate revive Maoist Centre’s electoral
fortunes? (kp 04/07/2023)
Desperate
youths from Maoist heartland hit US wall : Residents of
Maoist strongholds that opposed ‘American imperialism’
paid traffickers huge sums to go to the States, by
Janakraj Sapkota (kp 25/06/2023) [An
indictment of the once declared ambitions of the alleged
Maoist revolutionaries!]
PM
Dahal and Biplav hold talks over party unification
(kh 22/06/2023)
Many
see Dahal’s temple worship as deviation from his
Marxist ideology : Nepali communists follow
Marxism, which talks about dialectical
materialism and says religion is an opiate to
the people, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/06/2023)
[Their slogans are
mostly phrasemongering. For example, no one
advocates the inclusion and rights of women,
Dalits, ethnic groups and Madheshi and reduces
the proportion of male Khas Arya to a reasonable
level in the allocation of posts! The handling
of citizenship is also an outstanding example!]
A
keen fight : It is surprising why the Maoist Centre did
not field any candidates in the three constituencies
(ht 05/04/2023)
CPN
(Maoist Socialist) and CPN announce unification (rep
15/03/2023)
The
Meaningless Maoist Attack on Judiciary (rep
14/03/2023)
Maoists
intensify negotiations to form a ‘socialist front’ :
They say it’s likely the front would be announced within
a few days, aiming to resolve all the remaining tasks of
the peace process, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/03/2023)
[Even this new front would still
only be the distant third strongest force, both in terms
of parliamentary seats and proportional vote share.]
Maoist
factions making public their stance on TRC today : To
organize an interaction on March 14 (kh 12/03/2023)
Socialist
front for unification of communist forces is likely in
some days: PM Dahal (kh 11/03/2023), Prachanda
floats idea of Broader Left Unity thru a Socialist Front
(kh 12/03/2023)
TRC
should settle conflict-era cases, not courts: Maoist
factions : To hold press conference on March 12;
interaction on March 14 (kh 10/03/2023) [But
this has been denied for years by all political leaders.
The laws in this regard are completely inadequate and
are not oriented towards justice for the victims. It is
time for the judiciary to take over!], Nepal
bill says murder is not serious rights violation : The
government registers the new bill at the Parliament
Secretariat to amend controversial transitional justice
law, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/03/2023)
Maoist
factions decide to collectively confront activities
against peace accord (rep 10/03/2023)
Haunted
by the past : The Maoists of various stripes are
betraying their lack of commitment to transitional
justice (kp 09/03/2023)
Mishandling
of transitional justice process, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 06/03/2023), Nepal’s
Maoist does not want Supreme Court to decide the fate of
war-time crimes : Maoist want the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission to conclude the pending cases
of war-time crimes. The commission, according to
observers, has been highly politicized and cannot go
against any powerful leaders (nlt 06/03/2023), Eight
Maoist factions warn of countering activities against
CPA and political change (kh 07/03/2023) [In
other words: 17 years after the end of the Maoist
insurgency, the Maoist top politicians still do not want
a legal reappraisal of the crimes of that time!],
Writ
filed against Prachanda at Supreme Court (kh
07/03/2023), SC
to proceed writ filed against PM Dahal from Wednesday
(kh 07/03/2023), Parties
in Maoist stream to confront all activities against
peace pact (kh 07/03/2023) [Without
these activities there will never be an implementation
of the peace pact!], Maoist
stream parties' meeting decides to confront activities
against peace pact (rn 07/03/2023) [Significantly,
a meeting of 17 exclusively male politicians, very
predominantly Khas Arya!]
PM
Prachanda goes berserk: Threatens to bring thousands of
Maoist cadres to the streets : PM Prachanda and his
war-era Maoist colleagues are making one after another
aggressive statements following the Supreme Court's
order to take writ petition against him for deaths
during Maoist insurgency (nlt 06/03/2023), TRC
should deal with “People’s War” cases, not court: Dr.
Bhattarai (kh 06/03/2023) [The
civil war ended 17 years ago, but nothing happens, Mr
Bhattarai! All the leading politicians lack any will to
do so!], Nine
parties speak up as court opens way for Dahal’s criminal
trial : A bill to amend transitional justice law, in
line with court orders, will be tabled in current House
session, they say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/03/2023)
Nine
parties decide to submit Transitional Justice Bill to
Parliament as per SC direction (kh 05/03/2023
Decline
And Fall Of The Nepali Maoists, by Dipak Gyawali (sp
24/02/2023)
Maoist
Center divided along two lines as presidential election
nears, by Tapendra Karki (rep 17/02/2023)
Maoist
Center to make unity with like-minded parties to form
Socialist Front: PM Dahal (kh 13/02/2023), PM
Dahal insists on unity among Maoist forces (kh
13/02/2023) [Which is it now,
Maoist or socialist?], A
weakened CPN (Maoist Centre) steps up left unification
efforts : The party is reportedly considering shedding
its ‘Maoist’ tag and including ‘Socialist’ in its new
name, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/02/2023)
Maoist
gradually towards transformation: PM Dahal (kh
11/02/2023)
Nepal
Samajbadi Party to get united with Maoist Center (kh
11/02/2023)
Four
fringe left parties discuss unification (kh
10/02/2023)
Is
Maoist Center changing its name and election symbol?
(kh 09/02/2023), CPN-MC
considering to change name, poll symbol, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 10/02/2023)
NCP
holding nationwide protests against market price rise
(kh 08/02/2023)
Dahal’s
instability: His trait or nature of coalition politics?
Maoist party’s growing challenges and Dahal’s need to
constantly manoeuvre to stay relevant run parallel,
by Anil Giri (kp 05/02/2023), What
about political stability in Nepal? Lack of rule of law,
unconstitutionality and infighting among top politicians,
by Karl-Heinz Krämer (kh 05/02/2023), Will
Maoist Centre ditch the UML for Congress? Matrika Yadav,
deputy general secretary of Maoist Centre, says this
coalition would last only until the presidential
election, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/02/2023)
Maoist
leaders exerting pressure on PM Dahal not to leave the
post of President to UML (kh 30/01/2023)
‘Concluding
the peace process will be Dahal’s biggest challenge’,
interview with Deputy General Secretary of CPN (Maoist
Centre) Haribol Gajurel (kp 30/01/2023)
Maoist
Centre, which leads government, is trying to form a
sub-alliance : Dahal’s Maoist Centre, Yadav’s Janata
Samajbadi, Nepal’s Unified Socialist and Bhattarai’s
Nepal Samajbadi are trying to come together in any form,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 27/01/2023)
Maoists
discuss consensus President : Leaders for pursuing the
strategy without harming relations with ruling partner
UML, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/01/2023) [A
non-party person from civil society would be better
anyway. Why not a qualified woman from among the
non-Khas Arya, e.g. Mohna Ansari?]
Maoist
Center will have a tough time finding Dahal’s successor
: The cult of ‘Prachanda’ somehow still lives on inside
the Maoists, which is not a good news for leaders
aspiring to helm the party, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(ae 26/01/2023)
Maoist
Center and Nepal Samajwadi Party close to unity kh
25/01/2023)
Dahal's
change of attire suggests 'ideological transformation'
(ht 11/01/2023 ) [Dahal and his
Maoists now formally welcome back the Hindu state!]
PM
Dahal wins confidence vote : Prime Minister
Dahal gets 268 votes in his favor with two
votes against him (kh 10/01/2023), Nepal's
new PM secures vote of confidence in parliament
(ht 10/01/2023), PM
Dahal wins vote of confidence (ae
10/01/2023), Unopposed
PM: Maoist chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal wins vote of
confidence from nearly all members of parliament :
Addressing the house session before the confidence vote,
PM Dahal dubbed the support as 'unprecedented' and
justice done to him by political parties (nlt
10/01/2023) [And
what about justice for the victims of the Maoist
insurgency?]
Maoist
Center decides not to participate in Province 1 govt
(rep 09/01/2023) [Is this a
decision of the provincial level of the party or the
national level? The latter is not responsible for such
decisions in federal Nepal!]
NSP
all set to forge unity with Dahal's CPN-MC (ht
09/01/2023)
Prachanda:
An epitome of survival : During his electoral campaigns,
Prachanda admitted that aligning with KP Sharma Oli was
a tragedy, by Sambridh Ghimire (kp 08/01/2023) [Like many of the ageing and failed
politicians, Dahal never means what he says. Everything
depends only on his personal advantage and interest. He
has nothing to do with his pretended ideals of the
People's War era!]
Maoist
Centre forms 5-member taskforce for broader left unity
(kh 08/01/2023), After
Unified Socialist move, Maoist Centre forms team to
explore unity among left forces : Maoist vice-chair
Krishna Bahadur Mahara leads the five-member task force,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/01/2023), NSP
forming team to initiate party unity (kh 08/01/2023)
Dahal
promoting daughters at the expense of party leaders :
Dissatisfaction is growing in the CPN (Maoist Centre)
due to the party chief’s manifest bias towards his
family members. He has always handpicked party officials,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/01/2023) [Nepotism
is a special form of corruption that can be found in all
parties!]
Dahal
firm on not giving up PM post : Maoist Centre elects
Dahal as parliamentary party leader, but fails to
appoint deputy leader, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
23/12/2022)
Dahal
stakes formal claim to government leadership with Deuba
: With the Maoist chief’s proposal, negotiations on new
government formation have entered a decisive stage,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 18/12/2022) [So
continue as before! Sticking with these old failed
politicians means not only stagnation but regression for
Nepal's political stabilisation! The voters voted these
politicians out when they denied them a majority! In
2008, despite the previous atrocities of the Maoist
insurgency, the electorate put a lot of trust in him. He
has completely squandered this trust.]
Dahal
sees foreign hand in poll debacle : Asserts Maoist party
is still kingmaker as no government is possible without
its backing, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/12/2022) [He has obviously lost all sight of
reality. Without the manipulative electoral alliance,
his party's defeat would have been even more disastrous.
Possibly not even he himself would have been elected. In
the case of a grand coalition of NC and UML, his party
would no longer be needed. But without fresh young
faces, even such a coalition makes no sense!], Accusations
aplenty against foreign meddling, but no proof
on offer : Dahal has repeatedly tried to blame
foreign forces for his own failures, but he is
not the only Nepali leader to do so, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 13/12/2022),
Seeing
things : Dahal’s blaming foreigners for his
party’s poor showing makes him sound like a sore
loser (kp 13/12/2022)
UML,
Maoist Center cadres clash in Dolpa, 9 injured (kh
12/12/2022)
Maoist
Center submits PR candidates’ list to EC (With list)
(kh 10/12/2022)
Relevance
of federalism over: Biplav. “Political parties’
legitimacy has ended” (kh 09/12/2022) [The
legitimacy of militant parties has never existed!
Federalism is important in a multi-ethnic,
multi-cultural and non-inclusive state like Nepal. But
you are right about one thing: the established political
parties refuse to implement the federal system and
insist on centralised control of all three political
levels!]
Maoist-Center
hell bent on perpetuating power, election results be
damned : Here is a brief commentary on the fall and fall
of CPN (Maoist-Center), a political party that used to
claim itself as the most revolutionary force in Nepal
until a decade ago, by Kishor Dahal (nlt 06/12/2022)
Chand-led
Communist Party of Nepal demands immediate release of
its leaders, cadres : The erstwhile KP Sharma Oli-led
government and the party had reached a three-point deal
in March 2021, bringing the underground outfit to
mainstream politics (kp 06/12/2022) [Militant
attacks in the context of the elections do not fit into
the mainstream. The CPN should first be asked to pay for
all the damage caused!]
‘Parties
slowly realising the need for periodic
leadership change’, interview with Rekha
Sharma (CPN-MC), on what it took her to beat an
established leader, UML general secretary Shankar
Pokhrel (kp 05/12/2022) [But
they still don't seem to have realised it, if
you look at the current power negotiations!]
In
a volte-face, Maoists renew vow to continue with
Congress alliance : With UML tipped to back a
Congress government without being part of it,
Maoist Centre leaders fear being kept out,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/12/2022), Maoist
muddle : The party will be better served by
reviewing its mistakes and reviving grassroots
connections (kp 05/12/2022)
Maoist
and Madhesh-based parties see steep decline in electoral
politics : The parties that emerged as major political
forces from the 2006 people’s movement are now losing
their appeal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/12/2022)
Maoists
keep their options open on new government : Decision
perceived as a pressure tactic to compel Congress to
make Dahal PM, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/12/2022) [A party that owes at least part of
its mandates to the fact that the alliance partners in
these constituencies did not put forward their own
candidates and instead asked their electorate to vote
for the joint candidate from the ranks of the CPN (MC)
cannot simply switch camps after the elections. That
would be voter fraud, highly criminal and deprive
Nepal's democratic system of any credibility!], Maoist
Center decides to seek consensus within ruling coalition
: Dev Gurung says, no talk about coalition with UML
(kh 04/12/2022)
CPN-MC,
a pale shadow of its 2008 avatar : The party has not
only lost its numerical strength in the HoR, but also
its vote-share,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 01/12/2022)
Maoists
had difficulties winning elections even in their
bastions, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 27/11/2022)
Govt
decides to increase surveillance on Biplav-led NCP :
Nepal Army's bomb disposal team at 900 locations (kh
18/11/2022)
Two
injured in IED explosion in Banke (rep
17/11/2022), Treatment
of Chand-led party cadres injured in bomb blast under
police supervision (rep 17/11/2022)
Three
Communist parties to boycott elections (kh
03/11/2022) [Most likely, these
parties would not win a seat anyway!]
Prakanda
meets PM Deuba, requests to withdraw cases against party
leaders (kh 01/11/2022)
Internal
rift emerges as a big headache for Maoist Centre : Many
party workers are dissatisfied with the Maoist
leadership’s selection of candidates, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 31/10/2022)
CPN
9th Congress re-elects Chand as party
general secretary (kh 19/10/2022)
Dahal-Bhattarai:
A love-hate couple : Since Bhattarai is
supporting Dahal in Gorkha, he expects
reciprocity from the Maoist party to ensure
his daughter’s victory in Kathmandu, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 13/10/2022)
Bhattarai,
Dahal say they are joining forces (ht
25/09/2022)
Dhankuta:
Politburo member Bhandari among those
leaving Maoist Center (rep 25/09/2022),
Dhankuta
mass resignations hint of dogfight in Maoist Centre for
poll tickets : Politburo member Hemraj Bhandari says he
will contest as an independent after sensing his likely
snub as a direct-election candidate from the coalition,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/09/2022
Demands
of retired integrated Army will be
addressed: Maoist Center Chair Dahal (kh
25/09/2022)
A
new type of people’s war is necessary for socialism:
Prachanda (kh 24/09/2022)
Speculations
over communist alliance suit the Maoist Centre just fine
: CPN-UML wants to forge an alliance with Maoist Centre,
whose leaders won’t deny left alliance rumours, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/09/2022)
Nov
20 polls: Maoist Center to not repeat PR lawmakers
(kh 15/09/2022) [NC, CPN (MC)
and all the other parties had better restrict the
previously directly elected politicians from running
again. After all, these predominantly male, high-caste
politicians are the ones responsible for the whole
misery of the state, not so much the MPs elected through
the PR system!]
People
want Maoists to take up the reins of government:
Prachanda (kh 15/09/2022)[Why
on earth would they want to do that?], Prachanda
sees need to keep party intact to safeguard achievements
(kh 15/09/2022) [Which
achievements? Democracy is in a sorry state, the
republic is more of an oligarchy with a patriarchal
flavour, there is no question of social inclusion and
federalism is in its infancy at best!]
Maoist
Centre, Unified Socialist may not have a common poll
manifesto : Unified Socialist deputy general secretary
dismisses prospect of joint manifesto while Maoist
Centre leader says two parties will merge their
documents later, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
13/09/2022)
Janardan
Sharma rejects post of Deputy General Secretary (rep
07/09/2022), Janardan
Sharma, Dahal in war of words : Sharma miffed at being
appointed party's deputy gen secy, not gen secy (ht
08/09/2022)
It
is hypocrisy to call Citizenship Bill anti-national:
Prachanda : Oli had refused to take the seven-year
provision proposal to the parliament (kh 24/08/2022)
[As a woman, you would see this
quite differently. Finally come down from your
patriarchal horse and treat women and men absolutely
equally! That was once one of the ideals of the CPN
(Maoist) a very long time ago.]
Did
Maoists abandon the issue of “inclusion” and equal
representation?, by Sunita Bhul (kp 22/08/2022) [Without any doubt, this process
already started with the elections to the first CA.
After its defeat in the elections to the second CA, the
party has forgotten all the ideals for whose
implementation 17,000 people had to lose their lives!]
Inclusivity
just a refrain in Maoist party, as it fails to practise
what it preaches : Party picks 21 office bearers with
just one woman, two Madheshis, four Janajatis—none from
Dalit, Muslim communities, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
21/08/2022) [Oligarchy
and nepotism are features of all Nepali
political parties, including the CPN (Maoist
Centre)!]
Maoist
Center inches closer towards finalizing office bearers
(kh 18/08/2022), Maoist
Center fails to finalize its office-bearers again
(nlt 19/08/2022), Dahal
has more aspirants than Maoist party jobs : Dev Gurung
as general secretary serves Dahal as he wants to appoint
office bearers in a way that he’s forever safe, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 20/08/2022), Dahal
names Dev Gurung as General Secy of Maoist Center
(rep 20/08/2022)
Unified
Socialist to forward unification process with Maoist
Center (kh 17/08/2022), Unified
Socialist to unite with Maoist Center (rep
18/08/2022), Prachanda
and Madhav Nepal hold discussion on party unity (kh
22/08/2022), Maoist
Centre and Unified Socialist to contest polls with a
common manifesto : The decision comes amid talks between
the two communist parties for unification (kp
22/08/2022), Maoist
Center and Unified Socialist to contest Nov 20 elections
with single manifesto (kh 22/08/2022) [This
means mutual competition under the PR system with
supposedly completely the same goals and ideals!?],
Maoist
Centre and Unified Socialist to unify after election:
Jhalanath Khanal (kh 23/08/2022)
Bamdev
Gautam to contest under Maoist Centre's election symbol
(rn 16/08/2022)
Prachanda
and Dr. Bhattarai inching closer on single election
symbol and manifesto agenda (kh 14/08/2022) [Two
parties, one claiming to be communist, the other
socialist, but the same election symbol and
manifesto? The Political Party Act does not seem
to interest these politicians!], Poles
apart for around a decade, Prachanda and Baburam to
forge electoral alliance (nlt 14/08/2022), Baburam
Bhattarai comes full circle seven years after quitting
Maoist party : Looming polls and poor prospects force
the former Maoist to join hands with Dahal. Bhattarai’s
Nepal Samajbadi will contest election under the Maoist
symbol and manifesto, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
15/08/2022), Maoist
Center and NSP jointly registered at EC (rep
16/08/2022)
Maoists
lack office bearers—8 months after convention : Party
chair Dahal delaying in selecting them as it helps him
assert his authority and impose decisions, insiders say,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/08/2022) [In
many respects a non-democratically structured party!]
I
will contest the election from Chitwan: Prachanda
(kh 10/08/2022) [Like most of
the other elder politicians, you should better retire
from politics!]
“Wrong
interpretation led to bad decision” : Consulting an
expert led to misinterpretation, interview with
Gajendra Mahat, CPN-MC (kh 05/08/2022)
“Maoist
weakened due to Prachanda’s apprehension”, interview
with Haribol Gajurel (kh 02/08/2022)
Arrest
warrant issued against Biplav (nlt 01/08/2022), Arrest
warrant issued against Biplav, including others (kh
01/08/2022)
Shrewd
Prachanda: Batting for another political mileage, by
Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 29/07/2022), Chair
Dahal rules out formation of socialist center (kh
29/07/2022)
Maoist
insurgency in movies: Telling a tale of war from the
people’s perspective : Making a movie about real life
events such as the Maoist insurgency isn’t easy. There
is always the possibility of personal biases being
reflected in movies especially with a matter as
sensitive as violence or war, by Shrutika Raut (nlt
25/07/2022)
Prachanda
in favor of changing current election system and form of
governance (kh 25/07/2022) [As
a first step, all the failed old politicians, like you,
Oli, Deuba, etc., should retire from politics. Then the
Political Parties Act would have to be fundamentally
revised and democratised. After that, a way would have
to be found to abolish patriarchy and make the state and
national identity socially inclusive!]
Election
becoming challenging for working class and revolutionary
forces (rn 25/07/2022)
Prachanda
and Baburam holding talks even today : Talks to dwell on
forming a Socialist Center (kh 21/07/2022), Prachanda
and Dr. Baburam discuss forming Socialist Center (kh
21/07/2022), Dahal
trying to form communist-socialist party : Holds talks
with Bhattarai ; Parleys with Nepal next (ht
22/07/2022)
Chairman
Dahal asks Maoist ministers to submit details of works
carried out by their ministries (rep 08/07/2022)
Prachanda
asks Maoist cadres to prepare for ‘socialist revolution’
(kh 07/07/2022) [Change from
Maoism to Socialism? Wouldn't it be appropriate to
change the party name as well? Although there is not
much evidence of the goal of an inclusive and adequate
participation of all groups in society in the policies
of this party so far!]
Nepal
made grave mistake by showing bias in Russia-Ukraine
war: Prachanda (kh 07/07/2022) [Morality
and civil courage are necessary to put the terrorist
aggressor Putin in his place, who is bombing Ukraine to
rubble and murdering thousands of people, including his
own soldiers. Only very few countries in the world have
refused to condemn him. Nepal has fortunately avoided
this grave mistake! The aspect of impartiality remains
completely untouched!]
Prachanda
prefers consensus over vote to pick office bearers
(kh 05/07/2022) [Elections would
be completely undemocratic anyway. The best solution
would be for the grandiose party leader to decide
without any consultation and for no one to have any
objections! Long live Nepal's democratic vision of the
future!], Maoist
Chair Prachanda likely to announce office bearers, SC
(kh 06/07/2022) [???], 125-member
Politburo proposed in Maoist Center (kh 07/07/2022)
[Thanks be to the great Chairman
for his immeasurable democratic attitude of personally
selecting the Politburo members instead of having them
elected in a fair competition!], Uproar
in Maoist Central Committee after Dahal reads out list
of politburo members : The meeting of the Central
Committee of the CPN (Maoist Centre) being held on
Thursday came to a halt following questions from
committee members on the selection criteria adopted by
its chair for politburo members (kp 07/07/2022), CPN
(Maoist Center) forms 125-member politburo : The list of
politburo members announced by Prachanda includes his
daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, and personal
secretary (nlt 07/07/2022) [Nepotism
in its purest form!], Dahal
fails to decide on office bearers and give complete
shape to Standing Committee : Three meetings in five
days—just to ask Maoist Chairman Dahal to pick leaders
for party committees, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/07/2022), CPN-MC
forms 156-member politburo (ht 08/07/2022)
Dahal
proposes a new front of ‘socialists’ but offers little
clarity : In what comes as a surprise to many, the
Maoist Centre chair holds a meeting of members of the
Secretariat of the invalidated NCP—without those from
the UML, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/07/2022)
Dahal
blames NC for CPN-MC poor showing in local polls (ht
04/07/2022) [He will never admit
his own failure!]
When
Presidents and Vice-presidents stoop to play go-betweens
: Experts say it is unbecoming for Vice President Nanda
Bahadur Pun to host meetings to bring his former
comrades Dahal and Bhattarai together politically,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/07/2022) [Another
example that Nepal does not have a democratic culture!]
Maoist
castaways : The party and its leadership have moved on
to mundane pursuits like power and money, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 30/06/2022)
After
rift with Yadav, Bhattarai renews bid to set up
‘socialist centre’ : The former Maoist makes his pitch
to Maoist Centre chief Dahal, but the latter is
unconvinced, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/06/2022)
Four
leaders, including three central members of Biplav’s
Maoist party, resign (kh 23/06/2022)
A
smug Dahal ignores party meetings, as he gloats over
local poll wins : Insiders say there are no plans in
sight to form crucial committees, and without
check-and-balance mechanisms, the chair gets free hand,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/06/2022)
CPN
(Maoist Center) to collect Rs 100 each from party
members (rep 05/06/2022)
Dahal
in bid to drive a hard bargain as exercise begins for
general elections : Insiders say much depends on how
Deuba and Maoist chair reach a deal on a number of
issues, including seats distribution and power sharing,
by Anil Giri (kp 02/06/2022))
Maoist
Center facing an identity crisis: Prachanda (kh
01/06/2022)
Dahal
supports rebel candidate, disregards coalition’s
decision (rep 09/05/2022)
Dahal’s
theatrics and his fixation with Bharatpur stoke
discontent in party : Insiders allege Pushpa Kamal Dahal
is all about his family and kin at the expense of the
CPN (Maoist Centre), by Tika R Pradhan (kp
06/05/2022)
Biplav-led
Nepal Communist Party expels two Secretariat members
(nlt 27/04/2022), Chand-led
CPN splits: Oli, Bastola ousted from party citing
anti-party activities (rep 27/04/2022), NCP
leader Biplav “expelled” from party (kh 04/05/2022),
Chand-led
CPN splits formally, Bastola faction forms CPN
(Majority) (rep 09/05/2022)
Maoist
Center’s two factions clash in Chautara Municipality
(kh 25/04/2022)
“Keeping
us out of elections will obstruct peace process”,
interview with Khadga Bahadur Biswokarma (CPN) (kh
19/04/2022)
President
nominates Dahal as NA member (kh 08/04/2022) [Nepotism at its best!]
CPN-Biplav
leader Manik Lama nabbed in allegation of planting
explosives (kh 22/03/2022)
Maoist
Center is open to all options for electoral alliance :
Prachanda alleges NC leaders for using derogatory
language (kh 20/03/2022) [Dahal
knows that without an electoral alliance, his party may
face disaster.], We
will contest in upcoming election on our own strength:
Dahal (rep 20/03/2022)
Maoist
Center’s Bista joining CPN-UML (kh 20/03/2022)
Future
of ruling alliance depends on NC’s behavior: Dahal
(rep 18/03/2022) [And when will
you finally behave?], Maoists’
dilemma: They need Congress but can’t fully trust it :
Dahal says option of joining hands with the UML open if
electoral alliance with coalition partners is not
possible, by Tika R Pradhan (kp) 18/03/2022)
Maoist
Center picks Renu Dahal as in-charge of Chitwan district
(kh 17/03/2022) [Nepotism in its
purest form?]
Maoist
Centre intends to prioritize coalition until election:
Prachanda (nlt 14/03/2022), There
is no disagreement in the alliance over
electoral tie-up: Dahal (rep 17/03/2022),
Prachanda
says electoral alliance with UML possible (kh
17/03/2022) [Dahal continues to
change his mind within hours. Oli is a putschist and
therefore unelectable. Dahal has claimed responsibility
for the deaths of 5,000 people during the insurgency and
should face trial immediately! Once the two form an
electoral alliance, the coalition government cannot
continue! ! The real reason for Dahal's statement is his
fear that without an alliance, his party will no longer
have a chance.], Maoist
Center Chairman Dahal directs not to rely on electoral
alliance (rep 17/03/2022)
Foreign
forces working to establish two-party system: Maoist
Chair Prachanda (kh 14/03/2022)
Maoist
Center’s sister organizations concerned over video song
‘Pir’ (kh 14/03/2022), A
song that took the country by storm : Prakash Saput’s
music video portrays the disillusionment of former
Maoist fighters while depicting the real story of
society, observers say, by Anup Ojha (kp 15/03/2022)
[watch song
video], Too
close to the bone : Perhaps there's more truth in the
song than what politicians want us to believe (kp
16/03/2022) [Definitely! The
Maoists have waged a militant people's war. Since then,
their leaders have forgotten their former concerns just
as they now deny their former rank and file who had to
do the dirty work for them.]
Let’s
give Prachanda the benefit of doubt, by Ishwar Dev
Khanal (kh 13/03/2022), Prachanda
rules out immediate possibility of alliance with UML
(kh 13/03/2022) [????], Everyone
will be given appropriate roles in party: Dahal (rep
13/03/2022) [????], There
will be protests if MCC projects are not implemented as
per the interpretative declaration: Dahal (rep
13/03/2022)
We
engaged in factionalism, therefore, we failed to be
harbinger of change: Prachanda (kh 09/03/2022) [But it should also be mentioned that
the factionalism has to do with your authoritarian
attitude!], Top
Maoist Centre meeting ends without making key
appointments : Observers say the party has turned into
Dahal’s fief, where discussions, debates and criticism
are now allowed, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/03/2022) [Le parti, c'est moi ! This applies
similarly to Oli and other party leaders!]
Maoist
Center nominates 97 members to Central Committee (kh
07/03/2022) [Nominations instead
of elections, including nepotism, are typical of less
democratic and leader-dominated parties.]
Maoist
members question Dahal’s ‘high-handedness’ in party
decisions : At the ongoing Central Committee meeting,
the chairman has the challenge of keeping the party
united as the MCC row festers, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
06/03/2022) [Like many top
Nepali politicians, Dahal is more of an autocrat than a
democrat. This is also reflected in the Political Party
Act and party statutes, some of which are not very
democratic.]
Child
marriage still rampant in Rolpa : As many as 31 underage
couples tied the knot in Rolpa Municipality-2 alone in
the past two years, by Kashiram Dangi (kp
06/03/2022) [Just to remind you:
in the mid-1990s, Rolpa was one of the early Maoist
strongholds. What social improvements did the uprising
actually bring about there?]
Dahal
braces for tough grilling by Maoist party members over
MCC : Some hardliners in Maoist Centre want him to
address too many issues, including the party’s U-turn on
US compact (kp 04/03/2022)
Prachanda
asks Narayan Kaji to not leave party (kh 03/03/2022)
[Only the Hindu fundamentalist
RPP has experienced a similar number of splits as the
Maoist party!], Maoist
support to MCC pact exposes fissures in the party :
Compact opposers in the party, however, rule out a split,
by Anil Giri (kp 03/03/2022), My
relationship with Prachanda has reached a difficult
turn: Maoist leader Shrestha (kh 04/03/2022)
Maoist
Center holding PP meeting to inform about party’s
decision on MCC : Maoist Center to vote on MCC with
interpretive explanation (kh 27/02/2022)
Another
People’s War likely: Chairman Dahal (rep 27/02/2022)
[And who should follow you? The
victims of the first "people's war", to whom and their
families you deny justice? The numerous members of the
Maoist rank and file who sacrificed life and health and
whom you have wiped out of your memory while enriching
yourself beyond measure and living a nice life? Come to
reality and retire from politics today, and please take
the whole guard of other failed politicians and the
monarchists with you! (This statement is not meant to
excuse the abuse of Nepal for the American and Chinese
power games!)]
Wave
of people from other parties joining Maoist Center:
Prachanda (kh 21/02/2022) [Dream
on! Your party has been in decline since the first
Constituent Assembly because you have forgotten all the
ideals your party originally stood for!]
Ruling
coalition decides to table MCC in Parliament (kh
20/02/2022), Prachanda
did not agree in coalition decision to table MCC:
Prachanda’s secretariat (kh 20/02/2022) [Obviously,
Dahal and his party want to be nothing but history soon!],
BAC
to table MCC in Parliament amid Maoist’s objection
(kh 20/02/2022), Parliament
meeting begins, MCC to be tabled in today’s session
(kh 20/02/2022), Minister
Karki tables MCC on behalf of Finance Ministry (kh
20/02/2022)
What
the Chinese think about Nepal’s Maoists : After 2006,
Beijing muted criticism of Prachanda because his party
is 'Maoist', by Aneka Rajbhandari (nt 18/02/2022)
Maoist
Center to quit govt if MCC tabled without coalition’s
consent (kh 16/02/2022)
Minor
impact of bandh; 18 arrested (kh 16/02/2022)
Prachanda
reinforces the need for unity among all Maoist factions
(kh 13/02/2022) [Once there was
a party that initiated a brutal civil war. This approach
was reprehensible. The initiators refuse to accept
responsibility for this to this day. But that party
stood up for the marginalized and disadvantaged of
Nepal; that was a laudable concern. However, this party
has long since ceased to exist. Today, like most other
political parties, it contributes to the depravity of
Nepali politics.]
Govt
discusses issues of 3-point deal struck with Chand-led
party (kh 12/02/2022), CPN
unhappy with delay in implementing deal (ht
13/02/2022)
13
February : On the 26th anniversary of the start of the
Maoist insurgency, history repeats itself as a farce
(nt 11/02/2022)
Maoist
Chairman Prachanda urges former Maoist leaders for unity
(kh 08/02/2022), Domestic,
foreign reactionaries hell-bent on eliminating Maoists:
Prachanda (kh 08/02/2022) [And
what about the confession that you yourself are largely
responsible for this development?]
Nepal
Communist Party expels Chairman Rishi Kattel (kh
30/01/2022)
‘We
have learned lessons from the past. Party is ready for
soul-searching’, interview with Dev Gurung, leader
of Maoist Centre (nlt 09/01/2022)
Maoist
Centre’s plan to select office bearers set to be delayed
: Covid-19 forces Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to
postpone Tuesday’s meeting, just as his key aide Barsha
Man Pun’s arrival from China is uncertain, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/01/2022)
Can
Dahal again revive the Maoist party?, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 06/01/2022)
All
officials, except two, at Maoist Center’s central office
test positive for COVID19 : Maoist Center Chair
Prachanda isolating himself from today itself (kh
06/1/2022), CPN
(Maoist Center) Chair Prachanda, leader Shrestha test
Covid-19 positive (nlt 0801/2022), Maoist
Center instructs all 1,700 general convention delegates
to undergo PCR test (kh 08/01/2022)
Maoist
Center’s General Convention urges leadership not to pass
MCC without amendment (kh 04/01/2022)
Prachanda
re-elected CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman (nlt
03/01/2022), And
the chairman proclaimed: ‘I am the chairman; elect me’ :
The Maoist Centre convention is much ado about nothing,
as its sole aim was to reinstall Dahal as leader,
insiders and observers say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
04/01/2022)
Maoists
pledged to uplift marginalised. And they further
marginalised them : Dalits in party are questioning if
they are going to get the promised space, as they are
left out of committees now, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
03/01/2022)
CPN
(Maoist Center) selects 236 central members from General
Convention (nlt 03/01/2022)
Maoist
Path Of Revolution : Who Will Bell The Cat?, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn 02/01/2022)
Election
in Maoist Centre is foisting leaders on committees : The
party is set to form a new Central Committee but many
say competition is unlikely amid efforts to select
members through consensus, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
02/01/2022) [Quite obviously a
thoroughly democratically organised party!], Maoist
Center elects Chairpersons and members of three
commissions unanimously (kh 02/01/2022)
Maoist
Center to adopt collective leadership system, CC to fix
the number of office bearers (kh 01/01/2022),
Proposed
statute passed with amendments : Standing Committee
meeting underway to finalize election process (kh
01/01/2022), Closed
session postponed till 5 pm to agree on selection of
leadership : Election for Maoist leadership to move
ahead if consensus unlikely by 5 pm (kh 01/01/2022),
Maoist
Centre’s closed session to continue today as well :
Election schedule postponed: Candidacy registration to
start at 2 pm (kh 02/01/2022), Maoist
Center reschedules election program (kh 02/01/2022)
Dahal
asserts a ‘leap forward’ as calls grow for him to mend
ways : Maoist chair manages to get his document endorsed
amid criticism but leaders say they want to see it
implemented, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/01/2022)
From
a united whole to multiple fragmentations: How Nepal’s
Maoist party lost its relevance in 15 years : Once the
kingmaker of Nepali politics, CPN (Maoist Center), now
is probably the most divided and splintered political
party in Nepal, by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 31/12/2021)
Chairman
Prachanda to answer questions raised on political
dossier before leadership selection (kh 31/12/2021)
[In a democratic party,
leadership should be elected, not selected. The CPN-MC
is proving to be as undemocratic as Oli's UML!]
Cadres
suggest community schools while Prachanda’s grandson
studies at Ullens (kh30/12/2021), Maoist
leader Neupane voices dissenting view on Chair
Prachanda’s dossier (kh 30/12/2021), Neupane
calls Dahal's document regressive (ht 31/12/2021)
Delegates
urge Maoist Center CCM to send children to government
schools (kh 29/12/2021)
Dahal
proposes three-front fight for identity-based federalism
: Admits to making mistakes that led to his party paying
political price (ht 28/12/2021), Ram
Karki dissents on Prachanda’s dossier, questions the
relevance of federalism (kh 28/12/2021), Dahal’s
political document leaves delegates confused : Maoist
leaders struggle to get a copy, and wonder what
discussions they can hold with not much time to read it,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/12/2021), Comments
on Prachanda’s political dossier range from MCC to
familialism (kh 29/12/2021), Five-member
task-force formed to prepare preliminary list of new
leadership (kh 29/12/2021), Maoist
delegates find Dahal’s document lacking in clarity : As
discussions start on the chairman’s political paper,
many say a concrete policy and time-bound programme is
needed to transform the once-revolutionary party, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 29/12/2021)
Maoist
Center holds Eighth General Convention as party splits
into 10 factions (kh 27/12/2021)
Maoist
Center Chair confesses people do not see difference
between his party and others (kh 27/12/2021), Prachanda
points out his three mistakes in political dossier
(kh 27/12/2021), 25
groups formed to discuss political report presented by
Chairman Dahal (rep 27/12/2021), Maoist
Center proposed to be connected with mode of production
(kh 27/12/2021)
Maoist
Gen Convention: 7-member presidium formed as closed
session continues (kh 27/12/2021), Maoist
Center to have 299 members in Central Committee (kh
27/12/2021)
As
Maoists hold national convention, focus remains on
managing leaders : Ideology takes a back seat as party
is forced to propose 15 office bearers to ‘adjust’
aspirants, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/12/2021)
CPN-Maoist
Revolutionary leader Gajurel floats three conditions for
unity among former Maoists (kh 26/12/2021)
Maoist
Center to have 15 office-bearers (kh 26/12/2021), Maoist
Center’s Chairman to be enlisted by party’s Central
Committee (kh), Focus
on development of revolutionary ideas and policies, says
Prachanda (kh 26/12/2021), Maoist
Centre goes to convention to retain Dahal as party chair
: With too many aspirants for various posts, the party
is considering increasing the number of office bearers.
Elections are unlikely, as they could be handpicked
(kp 26/12/2021) [A truly
democratic party like the CPN-MC does not need
elections. The non-inclusive, predominantly male party
leadership knows much better what is good for the
country and the people anyway! In this respect, the
party is similar to the CPN-UML!]
Inaugural
session of Maoist Center General Convention postponed by
two hours : Other political party leaders invited
(kh 26/12/2021)
Maoist
Centre to prioritize climate change in its general
convention (kh 26/12/2021)
The
revolution has stalled : The Maoist Centre is at a loss
for what to do next. As it goes to ‘national
conference’, it seeks to reinvent itself. But can it?,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/12/2021)
CPN
Masal (Liaison Center) unites with Maoist Center :
Regressive forces working to reverse achievements from
people’s struggles: Dahal (kh 24/12/2021)
CPN
(MC) Fixes Number Of Representatives For National
Conference (rn 24/12/2021)
Preparations
For Maoist Centre’s First National Conference Over, Over
1,500 Reps To Attend (rn 22/12/2021)
88
delegates selected for the Maoist Central National
Conference from Karnali (kh 21/12/2021)
Investing
in the share market instead of manufacturing is a
developed form of imperialism: Dahal (rep
12/12/2021), Prachanda
commits for protecting small investors in share market
(kh 13/12/2021)
Maoist
Center increases number of office bearers in provinces :
Size of province committees also expanded (kh
09/12/2021)
Maoist
Center finds it tough nut to crack to elect leadership
in village/municipalities (kh 07/12/2021), Prachanda
on solitude to draft Maoist Center’s political proposal
for national convention (kh 07/12/2021)
Maoist
Center to hold national convention from Dec 26 to 28
(kh 02/12/2021), Maoist
Center forms sub-committees to facilitate National
Conference (kh 03/12/2021)
Internal
dispute in CPN-MC intensifies in Rajbiraj (ht
01/12/2021)
What
does the Maoist Center want in MCC’s Nepal Compact?,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 22/11/2021)
Prachanda
in dilemma: Accept UML’s invitation or not? Says will
decide after discussion in the party (kh 22/11/2021)
Maoist
Center holding ward conventions across country today
(kh 20/11/2021), Maoist
Center gets 80 percent leadership selected unanimously
in Ward Conferences (kh 21/11/2021)
Chand-led
CPN announces nationwide strike against recent hike in
prices of petroleum products (rep 11/11/2021), Biplav-called
banda hits commuters in Valley (kh 16/11/2021), Police
arrest 11 Biplav cadres in Tanahun (kh 16/11/2021),
Nepal
bandh has general effect (kh 16/11/2021), Nationwide
strike by Chand-led CPN affects vehicular movement in
Kathmandu Valley (rep 16/11/2021), Chand’s
banda is a dud, but the general public is at the
receiving end : General strikes are a thing of the past
and such old ways of protest must be shunned, observers
say, by Anup Ojha and Shuvam Dhungana (kp
17/11/2021) [Bandhs are always
crimes against the people!], Travesty
of activism : Political actors must find more creative
ways than a 'banda' to protest a fuel hike (kp
17/11/2021), CPN's
Nepal bandh largely defied, 212 held (ht 17/11/2021)
Two
big communist parties gear up preparations for general
convention, by Tapendra Karki (rep 08/11/2021)
Biplav
demands a referendum to decide the system of governance
(kh 31/10/2021)
Ex-Maoist
Combatants organization submits memorandum to acting PM
Khand (kh 29/10/2021)
The
rise and fall of ‘rebel leader’ Prachanda : The leader
of a political party that once claimed to be the messiah
of the proletariat is now reduced to a symbol of
opportunism and malpractices, by Nishan Khatiwada
(nlt 24/10/2021)
Nepal’s
‘war tourism’ is a scam : Money for the proposed
‘Guerrilla Trek Trail’ is being doled out to local
Maoist cadre, by Mahesh Neupane (nt 22/10/2021)
Maoist
Center gives central departments a full shape (kh
21/10/2021)
Paudel,
Shrestha, Gahatraj and Yadav becoming ministers from
Maoist Center (kh 08/10/2021)
Maoist
Center objects to UML’s new logo, says will move court
(kh 07/10/2021)
Pancha
Singh appointed President of ANNISU Revolutionary
(kh 03/10/2021)
Maoists
Center postpones municipal conventions till November 20
: Schedule for District, Province and National
Convention goes unchanged (kh 27/09/2021)
Maoist
Center to select all level leadership via election
(kh 21/09/2021)
Nepal’s
nationality is under attack: Bishwakarma (rep
11/09/2021)
Prachanda-path
2.0 : If Prachanda and his Maoist Center intend to
govern, they must return to their roots and empower
individuals and local communities, by Bishal Thapa
(ae 02/09/2021)
Unification
between Maoist Center, UML acts on ‘secret’ plan: Maoist
leader Pokhrel (kh 27/08/2021)
Mahara
appointed Maoist Center spokesperson (kh 25/08/2021)
In
UML split, Maoist Centre sees chance at regaining its
relevance : As Madhav Nepal moves to register new party,
the former rebel party, under threat of being wiped out
of political scene, appears to be major beneficiary
besides Congress, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/08/2021)
Maoist
Center to take initiatives for unity and polarization of
communist forces : The party appoints province committee
office bearers and district in-charges (kh
22/08/2021) [These party leaders
obviously do not get the idea that such posts in a
democratic party should not be determined from the top
down but elected by the grassroots.]
Unity
among good communists a must: Maoist Center leader Pun
(kh 22/08/2021) [And who are the
good communists? Those who admit to being responsible
for the deaths of 5,000 people during the Maoist
insurgency but continue to deny any justice for the
victims?]
We
have all become individualists who focus on position and
prestige: Dahal (rep 18/08/2021) [These
are empty words as long as you don't resign!]
With
major shifts in party organizations, Maoist Center’s CC
meet concludes (kh 15/08/2021) [But
standing Committee not affected? The provision of the
constitution applies to all party levels!?], Maoist
party fears becoming irrelevant, stresses reforms :
Party’s central committee meet warns Maoist Centre could
turn into a reactionary party, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
16/08/2021)
Bringing
financial services to remotest geographical pockets
(kh 14/08/2021)
Maoist
Center directs to form ward committees all over the
country by July 14 : SC meeting to finalize the names of
ministers to represent party on Monday (kh
01/08/2021) [probably August 14 is meant]
Maoist
Chair Prachanda meets communist party leader Biplov
(kh 14/07/2021)
EC
scraps petition registered seeking revocation of Maoist
Center (kh 11/07/2021), EC
rejects demand of former Maoist Center lawmakers to
disband party (rep 11/07/2021)
Prachanda
just a self-declared leader: UML leader Rayamajhi
(kh 10/07/2021)
Former
Maoist Center leaders lodging complaint at EC today :
Calls for scrapping of Maoist Center’s registration
(kh 07/07/2021), Legitimacy
of the CPN (Maoist Centre) challenged at the Election
Commission : Former Maoist leaders claim the party has
breached the constitutional provision of holding the
periodic general convention, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/07/2021), Maoist
Center outraged at the petition against it filed at EC
(kh 09/07/02021)
Biplav
expedites meeting with other party leaders on holding a
referendum (kh 27/06/2021)
Maoist
Center to extend CC to 299-member committee : To give
priority to those aged below 40 (kh 21/06/2021) [CC members must be elected in a
democratic process and not picked by the party
leadership. It is high time to replace many of the
long-serving CC members with a younger generation, not
supplement them!]
Maoist
Center officially dismisses party defectors (kh
21/06/2021)
Maoist
Center reaches EC demanding dismissal of its 18 leaders
defecting to UML (kh 18/06/2021)
Parliamentary
system does not suit interest and need of Nepali people:
NCP Gen Secy Biplav (kh 22/05/2021)
Chand-led
Communist Party demands withdrawal of citizenship
ordinance (kh 24/05/2021)
Maoist
Center submits letter of withdrawal of support to govt
at Parliament Secretariat (kh 05/05/2021)
Maoist
Center Chair Prachanda holds talks with Nepal and Yadav
kh 05/05/2021)
Maoist
Centre decides to withdraw support to government : The
decision comes days after Oli said he would go for a
floor test (kp 04/05/2021), Maoist
Center decides to pull out of govt : Standing Committee
meeting held Tuesday decides to withdraw support given
to govt (kh 04/05/2021)
Biplav-led
NCP splits as Dhamala forms Jana-Samajwadi Manch (kh
01/05/2021)
NA
team defuses pipe bomb in Okhaldhunga (kh
29/04/2021) [A late reminder of
Maoist crimes!]
Maoist
Center ensures 35% women participation in party
committees : Standing Committee meeting held Tuesday
approves interim legislation of the party (kh
27/04/2021)
Maoist
Center entrusts party chairman Dahal to take decision to
withdraw support to Oli-led govt (rep 21/04/2021)
Eight
local reps likely to lose jobs (ht 21/04/2021)
Prachanda
abstains all-party meeting called by PM Oli (kp
17/04/2021)
Is
Dahal headed for shedding the Maoist tag for good?
Maoist Centre was dissolved after its merger with UML in
May 2018, but it was thrust upon Dahal by court in
March. It now appears to have become albatross around
his neck, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
14/04/2021)
Maoist
Center sacks four Province 2 Assembly members joining
UML (rep 12/04/2021)
Maoist
Center suspends National Assembly membership of Home
Minister Thapa, seeks clarification from lawmaker Khadka
(rep 09/04/2021)
Maoist
Center taking action against its Ministers in Oli-govt
(kh 06/04/2021), Maoist
Center writes to Parliament Secretariat to expel four of
its lawmakers (kh 06/04/2021), Four
Maoist Center lawmakers lose their posts (kh
08/04/2021)
Maoist
Center takes action against Minister Angbuhang (kh
05/04/2021)
Maoist
Center not to withdraw support to govt immediately
(kh 01/04/2021)
Dahal
files a review petition against apex court verdict that
revived erstwhile CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center)
(rep 30/03/2021), Supreme
Court refuses to review its verdict to revive UML and
Maoist Center (rep 01/04/2021), A
setback for Dahal as court rejects his review petition :
With the court refusing to revisit the revival of the
Maoist Centre and UML, Dahal’s options are limited, as
Nepal faction joining hands with him soon is unlikely,
insiders say, by Tika R Pradhan and Anil Giri (kp
02/04/2021)
Which
party those elected under Nepal Communist Party now
represent? Analysts say they have freedom to choose
between the UML and Maoist Centre but don’t rule out
complications, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/03/2021)
Maoist
Center to seek review on SC’s decision to nullify NCP
(kh 23/03/2021)
Dahal
named CPN (Maoist Center)'s parliamentary party leader
(rep 16/03/2021) [What a surprise!]
Maoist
Centre is in a fix over its next move : The party has
decided to seek clarification from its members who have
sided with Oli but it is yet to chart out further
strategy, by Binod Ghinire (kp 15/03/2021), Maoist
Center to hold talks with NC, JSP on power-sharing :
Meeting postponed until further notice (kh
15/03/2021)
CPN
(Maoist Center) to seek review against Supreme Court
verdict (rep 15/03/2021)
Dahal
for shedding Maoist tag : Proposes to drop Maoist Centre
from his party’s name to make it acceptable for others,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/03/2021)
Maoist
Center’s crucial central committee meeting : Meeting to
take action against leaders violating party discipline
(rep 14/03/2021), Maoist
Center’s CC meeting mulls party’s new name :
Nepali Communist Party likely to be party’s name (kh
14/03/2021), Maoist
Center’s CC meeting concludes; to meet again on Monday
(kh 14/03/2021)
CPN-Maoist
Centre calls back its members from the Cabinet (ht
13/03/2021), CPN
(Maoist Center) decides to recall its minister including
Home Minister Thapa from cabinet : The party asks to
Maoist lawmakers joining UML to choose either the party
or the position of lawmaker within 24 hours (rep
13/03/2021)
Prachanda
regrets losing old friends in an attempt to find new
ones (kh 11/03/2021)
Changed
context catapults Janata Samajbadi Party into the
spotlight : Both UML and Maoist Centre are in a bid to
woo fourth largest party, for its 32 members in
Parliament now hold the key, by Anil Giri (kp
10/03/2021) [The united NCP has repeatedly lied and deceived
the JSPN in the past. Oli was not sympathetic to the
concerns of the Madheshis as early as 2015!]
CPN
(Maoist Center) not to withdraw its support to the
government (kh 10/03/2021)
Biplav’s
Entry Into Mainstream Politics, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 10/03/2021), Possibility
of joining the govt. cannot be ruled out: Biplav (kh
11/03/2021)
Leaders
close to Home Minister Thapa skip Maoist Center’s SC
meeting : Today’s Standing Committee meeting is likely
to take decision on whether to withdraw support given to
Oli-led government (rep 09/03/2021)
CPN
(Maoist Center) decides to hold talks with NC, JSP on
forming new govt (rep 09/03/2021), CPN
(MC) holds talks with JSP over forming new govt (rep
10/0372021)
Upholding
SC verdict, Election Commission scraps Oli-Dahal’s NCP,
revives erstwhile CPN (UML) and NCP (Maoist Center)
(rep 09/03/2021), EC
asks UML and Maoist Center to come up with new name and
election symbol if they opt for fresh merger
(rep 09/03/2021)
A
setback for Dahal as his allies from CPN-UML decide to
return home : With 53 seats, the Maoist Centre is now
the third party in Parliament. And to make any
substantial move, the Maoist chair has to look to
Congress and Janata Samajbadi Party, Tika R Pradhan
(kp 09/03/2021), Maoist
Centre to consult Nepali Congress and Janata Samajbadi
Party on government formation : The party, which was
revived on Sunday by the Supreme Court after scrapping
the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has 53 seats in
Parliament, well short of the required number to form a
government (kp 09/03/2021)
SC
verdict saved country from dictatorship, says Kattel
(kh 09/03/2021)
Standing
committee meeting of NCP's erstwhile Dahal-Nepal faction
postponed for 3PM today (rep 08/03/2021), Prachanda-Nepal
faction holding SC meeting at 3 pm (kh 08/03/2021)
Nepal
faction likely to face crisis if UML gets active (kh
08/03/2021)
Gopal
Kiranti-led CPN Maoist threatens to move Court (kh
08/03/2021)
Prachanda-Nepal
faction to knock SC’s door seeking a review of its
decision (kh 08/03/2021)
From 17 May 2018 to 7 March 2021, the CPN-UML
and the CPN-MC appeared as a merged party under the name
NCP. Since the Supreme Court ruled this action
illegitimate on 7 March, both parties are again listed
separately under their original names. The links to the
CPN-UML (i.e. to the present Oli faction) are therefore
collected again
in their original UML file. The links to the
CPN-MC are again collected in
this file on Maoist parties for the time being,
although this party is no longer identical with the
party of the same name before the merger with the
CPN-UML, which has now been declared illegitimate.
Further developments remain to be seen.
In
his meeting with home minister, CPN Gen Secy Chand seeks
immediate release of jailed party leaders, cadres
(rep 06/03/2021)
CPN
General Secretary Biplab becomes public after two years
(rep 05/03/2021)
Govt
and Chand-led CPN reach three-point agreement, the
underground outfit to renounce violence to advance its
political goals (rep 04/03/2021), Govt
and Biplav group seal 3-pt deal (kh 04/03/2021), Chand
party agrees to shun violence, government lifts ban :
Details of the three-point pact to be made public today.
It’s unclear what happens to the outfit’s political
demands like scrapping of parliamentary system and a
round-table meet, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/03/2021)
[The question remains whether in
a democratic state the government is allowed to ban
another political party so easily! In Western
democracies, at least, this is an extremely complicated
and lengthy process in which the judiciary plays a
decisive role.], Hold
on to peace : The truce with the Chand-led party is a
much-needed flicker of hope for Nepalis (kp
05/03/2021), Biplob
bungle : Why was the CPN banned if talks were to be
later held with no change in its violent modus operandi?
(ae 05/03/2021), Chand
expresses commitment to abide by three-point agreement :
The Communist Party of Nepal leader, who made his public
appearance after two years, however, reiterated that the
existing political system is flawed (kp 05/03/2021)
[You can't
disagree with that!], Three-point
agreement signed between govt and Chand-led CPN made
public (rep 05/03/2021), Chand
commits to peaceful politics but many questions remain
unanswered : The three-point deal signed with the
government does not say much about arms management
and addressing the Communist Party of Nepal’s political
issues, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/03/2021)
Oli
takes initiatives for talks with Chand party as he
struggles to stay afloat : The government forms a team
under Home Minister Thapa to hold dialogue with
Communist Party of Nepal, an armed outfit led by Dahal’s
one-time trusted lieutenant, by Anil Giri (kp
03/03/20021)
Three
cadres of Biplav outfit nabbed for extortion (kh
27/02/2021)
Security
Council discusses lifting ban on Biplav outfit (kh
23/02/2021)
Government
to respond to Chand’s call for talks after next Cabinet
meeting : If the dialogue takes a positive turn, jailed
leaders and cadres of the outfit will be released
gradually as demanded, officials say, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 22/02/2021), Secretariat
member of Chand-led CPN Bastola arrested again, despite
SC order to free him (rep 22/02/2021) [???]
Biplav
outfit “positive” for dialogue with government (kh
20/02/2021), Chand-led
party expresses willingness to hold dialogue with the
government : The announcement, two years after the
party’s activities were banned, comes amid a changing
political scenario in the country since the lower
house was dissolved, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
21/02/2021)
Chand
party leader accused in principal murder case being
probed for firearms possession : Dhan Bahadur BK was
sent to judicial custody for arms possession. He is due
to present his statement to the court on abduction and
murder of Rajendra Shrestha from Sunday, by Deo
Narayan Shah (kp 18/02/2021)
Abduction
and murder case filed against 42 members of the
Communist Party of Nepal, including its leader Chand :
They have been charged with kidnapping and killing a
teacher in Morang on December 4 (kp 16/02/2021), 42
CPN activists charged with abduction, murder of
Miklajung school principal : Police have arrested
party’s Morang district in-charge Dhan Bahadur BK while
the remaining 41 are at large (kp 17/02/2021)
Four
parties including Biplav outfit announcing joint
alliance today (rep 11/02/2021)
Government
yet to respond to Biplav group’s call for talks : Since
the split in Nepal Communist Party, both factions are
trying to woo leaders of the banned outfit. The
ruling faction’s efforts, however, seem
half-hearted as it fears they might support the rival
camp once they join the mainstream, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 11/02/2021)
Biplav-called
strike shuts schools in five districts including Dang
(kh 08/02/2021) [According to Netra Bikram Chand, the closing down
of schools is obviously a revolutionary act to promote
the education of Nepal's future generation! What an
idiot!]
Minister
Thapa holds meeting with key leader of Chand-led outfit
(rep 02/02/2021)
Pressure
cooker bomb planted by Biplab-led group defused in
Banepa (rep 23/01/2021), Biplav
outfit torches Bolero van in Makwanpur (kh
23/01/2021), BP
Highway disrupted following explosion; bomb planted on
Arniko Highway defused (kh 23/01/2021), Three
cadres of Biplav outfit arrested in Tikapur (kh
23/01/2021)
Biplav
outfit announces protest against arrest of leaders
(kh 14/01/2021)
Secretariat
member of ‘Biplab’-led CPN Dharmendra Bastola arrested
(rep 13/01/2021)
Chand-led
underground outfit forges strategic common front with
three other left parties against parliament dissolution
(rep 29/12/2020)
Cooperation
with Prachanda possible for safeguarding democracy:
Gopal Kirati (kh 22/12/2020)
Rights
groups say Miklajung teacher murder premeditated : Two
weeks on, police have yet to arrest the members of the
Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal who
abducted and murdered Rajendra Kumar Shrestha, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 18/12/2020) [The
CPN is an anti-people terrorist organisation in every
sense of the word!]
Army
chief directs all units to remain alert as Chand-led CPN
ramps up activities (ht 15/12/2020))
Contain
Chand-led party’s activities before they get out of
hand, analysts say : Observers say the more the
incumbent government fails, the more it will create
space for anti-democratic forces, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 11/12/2020), Chand
cadres often visited slain teacher : Villagers say the
activists of Communist Party of Nepal used to come to
their homes asking for food and money, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 11/12/2020)
Chand
party’s killing of school principal is a grim reminder
of the Maoist conflict : Analysts say the government
appears to be failing in its approach to deal with the
Communist Party of Nepal, which has been involved in
violent activities for long, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/12/2020), Chand-led
Communist Party of Nepal claims responsibility for
murder of school principal : The party said it took
action against Rajendra Kumar Shrestha for being an
informant to police and helping them arrest its cadres,
by Madhav Ghimire and Binod Bhandari (kp 10/12/2020) [It is indeed brazen that the people
whom the CPN wants to "liberate" through murder,
extortion and destruction of public and private property
are defending themselves against these crimes! There is
a great deal wrong in Nepal, but Dahal and other leaders
of his former Maoist party have already amply
demonstrated how quickly dear targets are replaced by
personal power interests!], Govt
intensifies surveillance on Biplav activities following
Miklajung murder (kh 10/12/2020), Let’s
rage against Biplav’s barbarism (rep 10/12/2020), Nepal
Police Headquarters directs its units to be aggressive
against Chand outfit (rep 10/12/2020), Entrepreneurs
are being threatened to either pay extortion amount or
close businesses: FNCCI (rep 10/12/2020)
All
parties should stand together to get back its own land:
Baidya (kh 09/12/2020)
Anil
Sharma 'Birahi', a key leader of Chand-led CPN arrested
from Nuwakot (rep 09/12/2020)
Teacher
shot dead by Biplav cadres in Morang (kh
08/12/2020), CPN
cadres abduct, kill school principal (ht 09/12/2020)
NCP
Maoist Center decides to forge party unity with Biplav
(kh 06/12/2020)
Four
cadres of Chand-led outlawed CPN and a journalist
arrested from Pokhara, by Sandesh Shrestha (kp
24/11/2020)
Explosion
in municipal office in Udayapur on Sunday, by Shyam
Rai (ht 22/11/2020) [If you want to improve people's lives, you must
destroy their public property! Or is this just a matter
of securing your own advantages, as in the case of Dahal
and his associates?]
Two
cadres of Biplav outfit held in Lalitpur (kh
21/11/2020)
Police,
Biplav cadres exchange fire in Sankhuwasabha (kh
16/11/2020)
Four
persons arrested on extortion charge (ht 12/11/2020)
A
leader of Biplav-led outfit arrested from Lalitpur
(rep 01/11/2020)
Netra
Bikram Chand’s underground outfit launches
anti-government protests (rep 21/10/2020)
Home
Minister Thapa hints at tightening the noose on
underground Chand-led NCP (rep 16/10/2020)
Biplav
outfit warns of action if COVID-19 expenditure not
disclosed (kh 21/09/2020)
In
cases involving members of Chand-led outfit, police are
violating court orders : Members of the group have been
rearrested multiple times despite courts ordering
their release citing the lack of evidence, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 12/09/2020)
Biplav
outfit warns of stern struggle against Indian
intervention in Lipulekh (kh 10/05/2020)
Police
arrest Anil Sharma ‘Birahi’, a key leader of outlawed
Chand-led party from Chitwan, by Tapendra Karki (rep
05/05/2020), Two
cadres, including Ilam in-charge of Biplav outfit held
(kh 05/05/2020)
Chand-led
CPN cadres arrested (ht 22/03/2020)
Arson
case filed against Chand group's youth chair (rep
16/01/2020)
Police
crackdown leaves Chand-led party in shambles: Nearly
1,300 leaders and cadres arrested since the party was
outlawed in March last year (rep 12/01/2020)
Police,
CPN cadres exchange gunfire (ht 02/01/2020)
Rural
municipality chair rescued hours after his abduction:
The Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal has
claimed responsibility for the incident, by Jyoti
Katuwal and Tularam Pandey (kp 23/12/2019)
Police
inspector among three killed in Dhanusha blast: No one
has claimed responsibility for the midnight blast,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 15/12/2019), Three,
including inspector, killed (ht 15/12/2019), Police
probing Dhanusha blast (ht 16/12/2019), Upholding
Order, by S. Binodkumar Singh, (SAIR 16/12/2019)
Renounce
violence, sit for talks (rep 10/12/2019)
Over
20 cadres of Chand-led CPN arrested from a rally (ht
11/11/2019) [??]
Police
arrest suspected former leader of Chand party for
misbehaving with police: Police in Bhaktapur are said to
have confiscated some donation receipts and found them
suspicious, by Sguvam Dhungana (kp 09/11/2019)
Police
arrest four suspected Chand party members for burning PM
Oli’s effigy: The four persons have been held on charges
of disturbing public peace, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
26/10/2019) [??]
Government
ups surveillance on Chand party in the lead up to
by-elections: Wednesday night’s police action followed
reports that the outfit was planning attacks just after
festivals, officials say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/10/2019)
Nearly
two dozen Chand party cadres arrested in biggest police
raid yet on the outfit: The arrests were based on a
tip-off that the group was planning ‘something big’ for
the upcoming by-elections, by Durga Lal KC (kp
18/10/2019), 21
leaders, cadres of Biplav-led CPN arrested in Dang:
Leader Netra Bikram Chand’s brother among those arrested
(ht 18/10/2019), Police
file case against 21 CPN cadres (ht 19/10/2019)
CPN
running extortion racket in Bajura (ht 24/09/2019)
Eight
Chand-led CPN cadres arrested (ht 19/09/2019)
Twin
blasts at midnight in Jhapa (ht 10/09/2019)
Outlawed
party on extortion spree amid clampdown: Security
officials said the ongoing arrests and crackdown on the
party's activities have proved little to deter the
party's donation drive (rep 08/09/2019)
Police
arrest suspected Chand party member for posession of
firearms and bullets: The government in March declared
the Chand-led party a criminal outfit and banned its
activities, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 19/08/2019)
Unidentified
groups torch more than 30 Ncell towers across the
country: Police suspect Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist
Party of Nepal behind the arson (kp 02/08/2019), Ncell
towers torched in far-west, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
02/08/2019), Chand
outfit turns aggressive as talks remain elusive (rep
02/08/2019)
CPN
cadres held with weapons (ht 02/08/2019)
CPN
cadres torch three ward offices (ht 01/08/2019), CPN
cadres seize land (ht 01/08/2019)
What
does Biplav want? Biplav’s outfit has ended up becoming
the subject of public hatred. His armed political
activism needs an urgent shift toward social activism,
by Thaneshwor Chalise (rep 28/07/2019)
Government
and Chand in blame game over talks: The home minister
said Chand’s party has not shown interest in talks even
though the outfit has specifically put forth
preconditions to come to the table, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 24/07/2019)
Crackdown
on Chand outfit raises fears of escalation of conflict:
Security analysts say there is no alternative to
dialogue and both parties should engage in talks, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/07/2019), Chand-led
party’s Kathmandu head held (ht 22/07/2019)
Why
Chand-led Maoists are now inclined to talks, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 20/07/2019)
‘Chand-led
communist party should shun violence for dialogue’
(ht 19/07/2019), Renounce
violence before any talks, govt tells Chand outfit: 'No
surrender to govt' (rep 19/07/2019), Five
injured in Dhangadi explosion, one critical (rep
19/07/2019), Chand
cadre injured in Dhangadhi blast dies of injuries,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal and Pushparaj Joshi (rep
20/07/2019) [Carrying
bombs for self defense? Mr. Chand, you're insane!]
Sources
in Communist Party of Nepal say the outfit is not
convinced by state’s call for talks: Chand outfit has
put forth three conditions for dialogue, including
an official invitation letter, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 15/07/2019), Govt
in backchannel negotiations with Chand outfit (ht
15/07/2019)
Security
heightened in Achham against threats posed by Chand
outfit: PolicePatrols have been increased in remote
areas and bordering districts, by Menuka Dhungana
(kp 12/07/2019)
Chand
cadre, police constable die in shootout, by Alisha
Shrestha (kp 11/07/2019), CPN
cadre, cop killed in exchange of fire (ht
11/07/2019), Two
including cop killed in incident with armed Chand cadre,
by Akson Rai (rep 11/07/2019), Another
Chand cadre’s killing raises questions about
government’s stance—and style—against the outfit:
Killings of citizens, regardless of which party they
belong to, cannot be justified, rights defenders
and security experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/07/2019)
Ruling
party stands firm against forming probe committee,
opposition obstructs House: Opposition lawmakers refuse
to buy government’s argument on deaths of Chand party
member and Madhesi man in police action, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 11/07/2019)
CPN
cadres padlock local level offices (ht 08/07/2019)
Fire
in the belly, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 21/06/2019)
CPN
leaders’ abrupt decision to quit the party raises
eyebrowsIt is unclear yet whether they had really quit
the party or it was just a strategy to get freed from
police custody, by Durga Lal KC (kp 16/06/2019)
18
CPN cadres held (ht 10/06/2019)
Police
send reinforcements to Solukhumbu village after Chand
party’s ‘suspicious activities’: Reports of an attack on
a police post, which authorities later said was
baseless, have prompted new security concerns, by
Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 04/06/2019)
Police
face new challenges in drive against Chand outfit,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 13/05/2019)
Leader
of CPN’s student wing held (ht 11/05/2019)
CPN
cadre threatens to kill Kavre trader (ht 23/04/2019)
Footprints
of
uncertainty: Nepali governments have a habit of engaging
in negotiations only when a conflagration breaks out.
Biplav proved to be a tougher nut to crack than
Oli-Dahal had imagined, by P Kharel (rep 22/04/2019)
More
Chand cadres quit party, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
20/04/2019)
Strike
disrupts life in Sudurpaschim (kp 19/04/2019), Blasts,
hoaxes, arson mark CPN’s general strike (ht
19/04/2019) [Only
criminals organise strikes against the interests of the
people, destroy their properties and endanger their
lives!!]
Arms
surrender deadline for Chand ends, focus now on talks
(rep 19/04/2019)
Most
Chand outfit leaders, cadres out on bail: Police, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 09/04/2019), SC
scraps writ petition demanding release of CPN leader Oli
(rep 11/04/2019)
CPN:
a major security threat in Gandaki Province, by
Sandesh Shrestha (rep 08/04/2019)
Government
ban unconstitutional, says Nepal Bar Association, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 27/03/2019), Communist
Party of Nepal announces stir against crackdown, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 27/03/2019), CPN’s
strike likely to hit students (ht
27/03/2019) [Criminal
anti-people procedure!], Protest
meaningless, says CM Gurung (ht
27/03/2019), 11
CPN cadres nabbed (ht 27/03/2019), How
big—and
widespread—is Chand’s communist party? Depends on who
you ask: Despite arrests of scores of its leaders,
including some senior ones, the group has shown little
sign of joining talk, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
27/03/2019)
CPN
cadres held from Morang, Kalikot (ht 26/03/2019)
Where
is
Netra Bikram Chand? Senior officials say the leader of
Communist Party of Nepal, which was involved in a series
of bombings, is still in the country and dismiss claims
that he has fled to India, by Anil Giri (kp
25/03/2019), Surrender
arms or face action, PM tells Chand (rep 25/03/2019),
Civil
servants stop going to work over Chand outfit’s threat,
by Narayan Sharma (kp 25/03/2019)
Police
arrest
9 Chand group members, including a senior leader, from
Kavre: Hemanta Prakash Oli ‘Sudarshan’, one of the five
members in Chand’s high command, is said to have been a
key person behind the blasts at Nakkhu and Basundhara in
the Capital, by Nayak Paudel (kp 24/03/2019)
Rebels
without a cause: No one seems to understand what exactly
Biplab wants, not even Biplab himself, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 21/03/2019)
Govt
steps
up measures against Chanda-led group: Four including a
close aide to senior leader Hemanta Prakash Oli arrested
on Tuesday (rep 21/03/2019), Police
arrest
two Chand cadres in Kavre after shootout: Experts say
government should deal with the group delicately and
invite them for dialogue, by Nayak Paudel (kp
21/03/2019), Govt
mulls
carrot and stick policy against CPN: Families of cadres,
leaders of the outfit will not have to bear the brunt of
actions of their kin, by Rewati Sapkota (kp
21/03/2019)
The
Maoist
cul-de-sac: Chand has very little to lose and everything
to gain by creating mayhem. The NCP has everything to
lose and nothing to gain by ignoring him forever, by
CK Lal (rep 18/03/2019)
Chand’s
men on extortion drive in Surkhet, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 18/03/2019) [Another
crime against the common people!], PM
terms Chand outfit a criminal gang (rep 18/03/2019)
[How else shall it be called?],
A
series of events, and intel report led to government
action against Chand outfit: Security agencies have
orders to arrest major suspects behind violent
activities carried out by the group, a high-level police
source says, by Nayak Paudel (kp 18/03/2019), CPN
leader Karki remanded to five days in judicial custody
(rep 18/03/2019)
Bara
police arrest four Chand cadres (kp 16/03/2019)
Government
labels
Chand party a criminal group, bans its activities: The
Cabinet has concluded the Communist Party of Nepal’s
activities are more criminal than political, an aide to
the prime minister says, by Anil Giri and Tika R
Pradhan (kp 13/03/2019) [How
else shall we call a group that kills innocent citizens
and destroys public property, independent of some
probably reason able arguments?]
Fault
line
appears in the ruling party over decision to ban Chand
outfit: The main opposition Nepali Congress is divided
over the issue, while other parties have criticised the
Oli administration’s decision, by Anil Giri (kp
14/03/2019), Nine
held after explosion in Bharatpur ward office, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 14/03/2019), Baidya
Maoist party urges government to lift ban on Chand
outfit, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 14/03/2019)
Chand
party owns up to Friday’s explosion in Basundhara:
Police await government’s position on how to deal with
the outfit, by Nayak Paudel (kp 11/03/2019), ‘Stop
Chand’s reign of terror’ (kp 11/03/2019), Nepal
Army team defuses IED at Syuchatar, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 11/03/2019)
Another
explosion
in Capital—two weeks after a deadly blast—raises
security alarm: High time the government made it clear
whether the Chand-led party is a political outfit
or a terror group, security experts say, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 10/03/2019)
Abducted
lawmaker released after four hours, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 09/03/2019)
Dang
police arrest three leaders of Chand outfit for
extortion, by Durga Lal KC (kp 06/03/2019)
Concerns
grow
over weapons—in good numbers—in possession of Chand
outfit: Two guns seized from a Communist Party of
Nepal leader in Sunsari last week belonged to former
Maoist army, sources say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
05/03/2019)
Dejected
and disappointed, former combatants want to forget their
past, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 25/01/2019)
Echoes
of
Biplab: Biplab bitterly rues over having accepted the
short-lived preposterous “Prachanda-path” that waylaid
workers and threatened to drag the nation toward an
abyss of disintegration, by P. Kharel (rep
17/12/2018)
Government,
CPN trade barbs over failed talks, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/12/2018)
Chand’s
party
stages mass assembly in Capital: Leaders accuse ruling
Nepal Communist Party of harbouring murderers of Nirmala
Pant and corrupt officials, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
25/11/2018)
Talks
offer sweet-coated tablet of poison: Chand, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 29/08/2018)
A
Maoist dream deferred: They appear weak, but the Maoists
aligned with 'Biplab' haven't given up, by Aditya
Adhikari (The Record, 16/07/2018)
40
CPN Maoist cadres arrested (ht 03/07/2018)
Chand’s
cadres quit their party (ht 05/06/2018)
Gajurel
accuses govt of totalitarian tendencies (ht
04/06/2018)
UML,
Maoist Center dissolve their respective parties (rep
17/05/2018)
Over
3,800 Maoist CC members face expulsion (rep
07/05/2018)
Maoist
Centre to strengthen party units (kp 24/04/2018)
NCP
cadres vandalise crusher plant, torch vehicles (ht
15/04/2018)
Chand
party’s activities getting non-political: Minister Thapa
(kp 08/04/2018) [This grouping
has been a criminal terror organisation for long!]
Beware
of regressive forces, says Dahal (ht 05/04/2018)
Left
alliance reactionary, says Gajurel (ht 01/04/2018)
CPN-MC
relieves its ministers of party posts (ht
25/03/2018)
Apathy
and anger: Shockingly, Chand Maoists are resorting to
violence to settle disputes at the local level (kp
15/03/2018)
Past
Maoist defectors land plum posts, by Devendra Basnet
(rep 01/03/2018)
CPN-MC
expels three standing committee members (ht
24/02/20188)
Chand-led
Maoists hurl bomb at moving bus, dozens injured
(rep 21/02/2018)
Police
stop CPN event in Biratnagar (kp 19/02/2018)
Dahal
elected Maoist Centre PP leader (kp 19/02/2018)
The
legacies
of the People’s War: Twelve years after the war, the
Maoists are caught between an unviable utopianism and
mere survivalism, by Aditya Adhikari (kp 19/02/2019)
Maoist
MP’s name in Indian voter list, by Surendra Paudel
and Bhuwan Sharma (rep 17/02/2018) [??]
Leaving
behind
the age of unreason: Dahal’s warning against the
cognoscente represents an entire strain of
anti-intellectualism in the Nepali dominant imagination,
by Pramod Mishra (kp 01/02/2018)
Coordination
committee to finalise merger modality (kp
09/01/2018)
Baidya,
Chand in merger talks (rep 27/12/2017)
Leftist
youth wings for immediate merger (ht 20/12/2017)
Maoist
Centre
headquarters meeting: ‘Party merger before new govt’;
Party for resolving National Assembly election row in
consensus, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 19/12/2017), Maoist
Center leaders tell Dahal to sort out leadership issue
before merger (rep 19/12/2017)
Nepotism
rife in Maoist party in Rukum, Rolpa, by Dinesh
Subedi (kp 16/12/2017)
Maoist
chair seeks trustworthy member in his secretariat
(kp 22/11/2017)
Maoist
Centre disciplines 10 leaders for defying orders (kp
10/11/2017)
CPN
(U) to merge with Maoist Centre (kp 10/10/2017)
Maoist
Centre says ‘open to poll alliance with all parties’
(kp 03/10/2017)
Maoist
Center on the horns of alliance dilemma (rep
27/09/2017)
Candidates
recommended for upcoming elections (ht 24/09/2017),
Maoist
Centre sets criteria for candidate selection (kp
25/09/2017)
We
failed to win people over: Dahal (kp 21/09/2017)
CPN-MC
selects candidates in Jajarkot for HoR, PA elections
(ht 18/09/2017)
Ex-Maoist
combatants couple laments raw deal (rep 17/09/2017)
Dahal
to run for fed parliament from Chitwan (kp
09/09/2017), Prachanda’s
Constituency (rn 14/09/2017)
Maoist
Centre Dolakha forms people’s council (ht
04/09/2017)
ANNISU
(R) elects new leadership: Ranjit Tamang becomes new
chair (kp 03/09/2017)
Renu’s
victory fails to impress Maoist leaders (kp
07/08/2017)
450
leaders, cadres quit Chand-led party (kp 07/08/2017)
Looming
Crisis In CPN (MC), by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
04/08/2017)
Maoist
Centre deploys top leaders for Phase III polls (kp
03/08/2017)
Maoist
Centre
all for electoral alliances in Province 2: Dahal says
his party will take initiatives to make Janakpur a
metropolis, pledging an ‘international’ airport in the
city (kp 02/08/2017), Maoist
Centre to forge poll alliance with two forums (ht
02/08/2017)
Lack
of preparedness blamed for CPN-MC’s dismal poll
performance (ht 01/08/2017)
Dahal
proposes
downsizing Maoist Central Committee to 99-member, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 23/07/2017), Maoist
Center to downsize leader-heavy committees (rep
24/07/2017)
CPN-MC
to
root for directly elected executive chief (ht
23/07/2017), Maoist
Center to lobby for directly elected executive Prez
(rep 23/07/2017), CPN-Maoist
Centre
roots for directly elected president (ht 24/07/2017)
Roles
of
Maoist ministers questioned in meeting: Chairman Dahal
to present party’s action plan today; District leaders
of ruling party criticise the ministers for appointing
their kin, rather than party cadres, in profitable
positions (kp 22/07/2017) [RIP
Maoist movement! Nowadays, the CPN-MC is a corrupt and
nepotist party just as the other big parties!]
Gunendra's
journey from a rebel to a rural municipality chief,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 19/07/2017)
Why
CPN-MC Had A Poor Performance, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 17/07/2017), ‘Intra-party
rivalry
led to poor poll show’ (ht 18/07/2017), Six
factors blamed for Maoists’ poll flop (rep
18/07/2017)
Maoist
leaders
ask who controls party’s kitty: Discontent brewing in
the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led party after Phase II local
polls: Some leaders have attributed party’s
poll failure to party’s reluctance to provide
local leaders with required resources, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 16/07/2017)
CPN-MC
reviews
poll results (ht 12/07/2017)
Is
Maoist Center bound to confine to rural areas?, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 03/07/2017)
Maoist
Centre
preparing list of party’s ministers (kp 02/07/2017)
Maoist
Center lures voters with sample land ownership
certificates in Dharan, by Rohit Rai (rep
24/06/2017)
Dahal
defends
‘People’s War’ (kp 21/06/2017) [Fundamental
crimes from this period have nevertheless to be
punished!]
Prachanda’s
prowess:
Prachanda still has ample ammunition in his arsenal to
consolidate his leadership position, by Mohan
Guragain (kp 14/06/2017)
Dahal
urges
Chand, Baidya for merger (kp 11/06/2017)
MC
confirms
candidates (kp 28/05/2017)
Maoist
Center Shaken To Roots, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
22/05/2017), Maoist
Center fails to impress urban voters, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 22/05/2017), Results
satisfactory:
Maoist Centre (kp 23/05/2017), Maoists
still remain influential in 'war-era' bases, by
Devendra Basnet and Ganesh BK (rep 23/05/2017)
Maoists
lose influence in Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep
19/05/2017)
Chand-led
CPN
supporters arrested with explosives (kp 08/05/0217)
Maoist
Centre
reveals commitment paper (kp 06/05/2017), ,
Honour
poll
alliance: NC, Maoist leaders, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
07/05/2017)
MC
picks
Dongol for KMC mayoral race (kp 01/05/2017)
7
CPN (Maoist Center) members resign over candidacy
controversy in Salyan, by Devendra Basnet (rep
01/05/2017)
Maoist
Centre
picks PM’s daughter for Bharatpur mayoral race (kp
28/04/2017)
CPN-MC
CC
approves agreement with UDMF (ht 24/04/2017)
Maoist
Centre
selects local level candidates (kp 23/04/2017)
To
a
Maoist state?As parliamentary democracy stumbles, a new
narrative for the next phase of the Maoist movement is
rapidly taking shape, by Bishal Thapa (rep
18/04/2017) [?????]
Maoist
Center to run a door-to-door campaign: To name mayoral
candidates on April 22 (rep 15/04/2017)
CPN-MC
wary
of anti-poll forces (ht 15/04/2017)
Maoist
Centre’s
preparations in full swing: Gearing up to select
candidates for municipalities and metropolises in
Kathmandu Valley (kp 05/04/2017)
Energy
minister
attends Maoist party programme flouting election code,
by Sudip Kaini (kp 02/04/2017)
Baidya-led
Maoist Party to join local polls (rep 01/04/2017)
Maoist
MPs
lash out at their ministers, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
22/03/2017)
PM’s
party
eyes statute revision sans boundary: Maoist MPs
representing Madhes urge the party to create environment
for Madhesi Morcha to take part in the polls (kp
22/03/2017)
Maoists
gear
up for polls: Committee busy making preparations for the
local elections and drafting necessary documents (kp
14/03/2017)
Maoist
Centre
gears up for elections (kp 06/03/2017)
Chand
Maoist
planning a military wing in Rolpa (kp 20/02/2017)
Maoist
Movement In Shambles, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
19/02/2017)
CPN
Maoist
to review its policies to appeal to wider masses (kp
15/02/2017)
Chand-led
Maoists step up extortion drive (rep 15/02/2017) [Party leaders who order such crimes
have to be punished severely!!]
Maoist
parties
mark ‘People’s War’ trading barbs, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 13/02/2017), Maoists
observe People's War Day, victims mark Black Day, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 13/02/2017), 22 years of
'People's War': Ex-combatants have only regrets, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 13/02/2017)
Chand
Maoists’
first conclave from ‘Feb 12-21’, by Netra Bikram
Chand (kp 09/02/2017)
Ex-Maoist
combatant now a successful vegetable farmer, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 30/01/2017)
Resignations
against
hefty Maoist top committee, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
27/01/2017)
Squatters
picket
Maoist Centre office (kp 23/01/2017)
A
divided Maoist Centre: Will Bhattarai be able to bring
the hill and the Madhes populations together? (kp
06/01/2017)
Yearning
for
reunion, Dahal heaps praise on Bhattarai: Former
comrades agree on the need for unity to implement the
constitution (kp 27/12/2016), Dahal,
Bhattarai speak about unity (rep 27/12/2016)
Maoist
Centre
rejigs int’l department (kp 16/12/2016)
Dahal
celebrates
his birthday with injured ex-Maoist combatants, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 12/12/2016)
The
Jumbo CC (rn 08/12/2016)
Maoist
centre
convention committee has 3999 members (kp
07/12/2016)
Maoist
party
gearing up for local election (kp 05/12/2016)
We
have had enough of deception: Rolpalis, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 01/12/2016)
Maoist
politburo
to settle internal issues (kp 27/11/2016)
Smoke
and
mirrors: Maoist leaders need to work hard to justify
their gun-barrel politics against the parliamentary
system to the generations to come, by Shreya Paudel
(kp 26/11/2016)
Maoist
Centre
mega meet after local polls: The government is
said to be preparing to declare the date of local
polls as soon as the amendment proposal is registered
(kp 22/11/2016)
Ex-Maoist
guerrillas not happy with peace accord as promises
remain unfulfilled, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
21/11/2016)
Maoist
leaders
threaten to desert ‘party on the wane’: Several
leaders from Province 7 are said to be in search
of alternative platforms to build their political
career, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/11/2016)
ANNISU-R’s
national
meet in mid-March (ht 16/11/2016)
Dahal
calls
party meet to win over disaffected leaders: The prime
minister is unhappy with the lack of support
from his own party to the government, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 09/11/2016)
Disgruntled
ex-Maoist
child soldiers padlock party office, by Pratichya
Dulal (kp 08/11/2016), Disqualified
PLA
fighters padlock CPN-MC HQ, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 08/11/2016), Ex-child
combatants
vow to continue their protest (kp 09/11/2016), Police
arrest 169 protesting former Maoist combatants
(rep 09/11/2016), Guerrillas
from
the mist: Former Maoist combatants’ grievances should be
addressedbefore their nonviolent protest turns into
violent action, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp
11/11/2016)
Party
tasks
Dahal with huddling all forces together: Maoist Centre
for taking the issue to logical conclusion, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 23/10/2016)
Former
Maoist
rebels: Who took the cut from our salary?, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 18/10/2016)
Maoist
gathering
postponed (kp 15/10/2016)
Brand
new
avatar: The Maoist Centre has changed its ways and now
comprises born again democrats, by Janak Raj Joshi
(kp 04/10/2016)
Maoist
mess
spills over in journos’ wing (kp 01/10/2016)
No
parliamentary
system, we want directly elected prez: PM (ht
01/10/2016))
Maoist
Centre
meeting: Amid ‘successful India visit’ claim, a section
has some concerns; Party chairman criticised for being
‘over-confident’, by Tika R. Pradhan (21/09/2016)
The
metamorphosis
of a party: Maoist Centre transfixed with parliamentary
system once it wanted to overthrow, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 11/09/2016)
Maoist’s
sister
wings in a state of disarray: Some establishment leaders
resent rival camp controlling most of the party
affiliates; Factional feud grows nasty inside PCN and
ANWA-R (kp 27/08/2016)
Maoist
Centre
‘not to dictate’ ministers (kp 26/08/2016)
Young
force:
A silent battle continues among political parties to
divert the potency of student unions to their advantage,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 21/08/2016)
Maoist
Centre
stalls slated convention, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/08/2016)
Dahal
asked
to fill party vacancies (kp 19/07/2016)
Maoist
Centre
‘not to rush’ govt formation (kp 06/07/2016), Maoist
Centre
to discuss ‘govt change’ today (kp 07/07/2016)
Baidya
Maoists
for ‘new people’s revolt’ (kp 30/06/2016)
Mellowed
Maoists:
Headed in all directions, will the former rebels find a
clear ideological path for the masses to follow?, by
Mohan Guragain (kp 12/06/2016)
Maoist
Centre
forms: 1,099-member CC: Move to expand central committee
aimed at addressing leadership issues, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 03/06/2016) [Great!
If every member gets the right to speak for 15 minutes,
you will need 275 hours! Or shall it be a club of
voiceless yea-sayers?], Dahal
under
fire over 1099-member central committee (rep
03/06/2016)
The
forgotten
fighters: Former Maoist combatants must be politically
integrated so that they see the Nepali state as theirs
as much any other citizen does, by Ram Kumar
Bhandari and Simon Robins (kp 31/05/2016)
CPN-MC
CC
to exceed 699 members (ht 31/05/2016)
Creation of CPN-Maoist Centre: Can It Revive Maoist
Movement?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 29/05/2016)
Maoist
unity
must to avert secession: Matrika (ht 29/05/2016)
Contempt
of
State: The sight of grown men sporting teen-age
nicknames, puffed up with self-importance as they debate
the finer points of a discredited ideology, is as good
as it gets these days, by Foreign Hand (nt
27/05/2016)
Unity
Among Maoist Leaders, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
25/05/2016), Meaningless
unity:
Prachanda was always shifting between Bhattarai and
Kiran, looking to balance the two to prolong his stay in
power, by Hisila Yami (rep 26/05/2016)
Dahal
blamed
for CPNM-R split (ht 24/05/2016)
Maoists
unite
to form CPN Maoist Centre: Pushpa Kamal Dahal to lead
the new force that comprises 10 parties, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 20/05/2016), Fledgling
Maoist
Centre faces leadership battle; Dahal’s options: Create
bloated Office Bearers or centralise authority in him
until convention, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 23/05/2016),
Birth Of
Maoist Centre And Two Trends, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
23/05/2016), Dahal
floats
leadership proposal for new Maoist party (rep
23/05/2016), CPN
(Maoist
Center) forms temporary body (rep 24/05/2016), Discontent
mars
first meet of Maoist Centre: Dahal forms 9-member team
to command party till general convention, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 24/05/2016)
Red
chameleons:
Return of Ram Bahadur Thapa and his followers could
signal the possibility of Prachanda turning slightly to
the left; Name-calling is something one hasto master
over the years and no one does it better than the
comrades , by Deepak Thapa (kp 19/05/2016)
3
Maoist groups to unify under 499-member CC (rep
16/05/2016), CPN-RM
to
claim senior Vice-Chair and Gen Secy, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht 17/05/2016), Maoists
to
declare unification today (rep 19/05/2016)
Leadership
coup
in CPN-Maoist: Thapa ousts Baidya, takes over party
reins; Majority of Central Committee members for unity
with UCPN (Maoist), by Roshan Sedhai (kp
15/05/2016), Mohan
Baidhya-led
CPN-RM splits: Five-member party unification
coordination committee formed, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht 15/05/2016)
Lonely
and
lost: Increasingly, ‘nationalist’ UCPN (Maoist) is
indistinguishable from the CPN-UML (kp 12/05/2016)
Baidya’s
lieutenants
set to rejoin Dahal: Maoist ideologue braces for major
setback with another split on cards, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 11/05/2016), CPN-RM’s
fate
to be decided by May 16: Unified party will have a new
name, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 11/05/2016), Baidya-led
Maoist
on verge of split, Thapa faction to unite with UCPN
(Maoist) (rep 11/05/2016), Maoists’
merger
plan takes a step forward: Dahal and Thapa hold
discussions on the framework of unification (kp
12/05/2016)
Baidya
faction
forms parallel committee (ht 06/05/2016)
Baidya
dragging
his feet to reunite with mother party: Ideology rider as
colleagues press for early merger (kp 22/04/2016)
Possibility
Of Unity Of Maoist Parties, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
18/04/2016)
Majority
of
CPN-RM leaders clamor for reunification, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 11/04/2016)
CPN-RM
on
verge of splitting: Chairman Baidhya postpones central
committee meeting for a month, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht 09/11/2016)
Baidya
Maoists
divided over merger matters: While some cadres are
pressing CPN-Maoist chair to clear hurdles for merger
others have threatened to rebel against the plan (kp
06/04/2016)
CPN-Maoist
begins
debate on party unity (kp 26/03/2016)
UCPN-Maoist
mulling
over internal competition for committees’ election,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 23/03/2 016)
Different
party
lines hindering Maoist unity, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
22/03/2016)
UCPN-Maoist
to
organise national convention within a year: Sharma
(ht 21/03/2016)
UCPN-M
to
fill vacant positions (ht 18/03/2016)
Strength
And
Weakness Of Maoists, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
17/03/2016)
From
guerilla
caps to blue helmetsFormer Maoist combatants now in the
Army set to serve in UN peacekeeping missions (kp
13/03/2016), Getting
closer:
That former combatants are being sent on peacekeeping
missions is a sign of change (kp 14/03/2016)
Dahal
vs
Bhattarai: Dahal needed Bhattarai more than Bhattarai
needed Dahal; But Dahal was also insecure and scared of
Bhattarai, by Hisila Yami, wife of Baburam Bhattarai
(rep 29/02/2016))
Unity
of
Maoist parties in limbo: CPN-RM leaders divided over
quick unification (ht 28/02/2016)
‘Not
enough
discussions held for party unity’ (ht 27/02/2016)
‘Correct
party
line to end desertions from UCPN-M’ (ht 22/02/2016),
More
than
four dozen UCPN-M men join New Force (ht 23/02/2016)
Hold
conference
after Maoist parties unite, Dahal tells RJA: Formal
talks team not yet formed: CP Gajurel (ht
17/02/2016)
Maoists
mark
20 years since war began (ht 14/02/2016)
Dahal,
Baidhya
inch closer to unifying party, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht 09/02/2016)
Warriors
in
peacetime: Twenty years after the revolution, former
guerrillas say they have lost faith in the leaders of
their Maoist party, by Gopal Gartaula (nt
05/02/2016)
What
was
it all for? Revisiting the 40-point demand of the
Maoists 20 years later, by Om Astha Rai (nt
05/02/2016)
BRB
carrying
bourgeois agenda: Dahal (kp 04/02/2016)
14,000
Maoist
youth cadres to assist in rebuilding (kp 01/02/2016)
UCPN
(Maoist)
dissatisfied with ministers’ performances (kp
28/01/2016)
Dissolution
of
YCL led to UCPN-M’s downfall, says Dahal (ht
25/01/2016)
BRB
says
‘Naya Shakti’ structure within a week (kp
21/01/2016), Bhattarai's
new
party not communist, just leftist (rep 21/01/2016),
Naya
Shakti
forms 35-member Interim Council (kp 25/01/2016), Dahal,
BRB
playing one-upmanship, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
25/01/2016), Maoist
leaders
join Naya Shakti (kp 27/01/2016)
Maoist
splinters
in bid to merge with mother party (kp 17/01/2016)
Party
unification
soon: Gurung (kp 12/01/2016), UCPN-M,
CPN-RM
to unify soon: Gurung (ht 12/01/2016)
Apex
court
denies clemency to murder convict Dhungel: Issues
mandamus order to send Maoist leader to prison for life,
by Dewan Rai (kp 08/01/2016), No
clue
for staff supply at NRA (kp), UCPN-M
urges
SC to reverse order (ht 22/01/2016) [Long
live impunity and glorification of murderers!!]
Naya
Shakti
to become party soon: BRB (kp 03/01/2016)
BRB
posts
searing criticism of Dahal on Facebook (kp
30/12/2015)
UCPN
(M)
mired in ideological dilemma: Leaders say Chairman Dahal
must devise new line at the earliest (kp
23/12/2015), UCPN-M
finalises
work division for leaders (ht 23/12/2015)
UCPN
(Maoist)
in nationwide drive to rebuild party (kp 21/12/2015)
Maoist
ministers
fail to impress party colleagues: They ‘promoted
nepotism, did not live up to popular aspirations’
(kp 13/12/2015), Maoist
ministers
told to mend ways: Home Minister Shakti Basnet
apologises, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/12/2015)
UCPN
(M)
to probe China visit scandal (kp 14/12/2015)
Party
merger:
Two Maoists planning to hold joint conclave (kp
30/11/2015)
BRB
formally
launches ‘Naya Shakti’ campaign (kp
23/11/2015)
Old
faces
likely to be drafted into BRB’s new party: Bhattarai is
campaigning to form a new political party that will be
guided by Marxist ideology to attain socialist goals
(kp 19/11/2015)
55
UCPN
(M) cadres quit (kp 16/11/2015)
ANNISU-R
convention
on Feb 13 (ht 15/11/2015)
Dahal
claims
he rejected PM’s post (ht 11/11/2015)
Sans
much
help, BRB banks on comrades: Four dozen Maoist central
leaders decide to join Baburam Bhattarai in his campaign
to form new political force, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 04/11/2015), Pro-Bhattarai
leaders
submit differing views (ht 04/11/2015), UCPN
(M)
expels 5 politburo members (kp 05/11/2015), UCPN-M
expels
five leaders (ht 05/11/2015), BRB
launches
campaign for new party (kp
05/11/2015), Poles
apart:
Bhattarai’s ‘new force’ will struggle to hold middle
class, marginalised groups (kp
05/11/2015), BRB
prepares
new party’s org structure (kp 06/11/2015)
UCPN
(Maoist)
issues 23-point code of conduct for its ministers
(rep 27/10/2015), UCPN
(M)
issues code of conduct for its ministers (kp
28/10/2015)
UCPN
(Maoist)
ready to join new majority govt (kp 30/09/2015)
Bhattarai
severs
ties with UCPN (Maoist): Tight-lipped about his next
move; says old Maoist movement cannot appeal to the
new generation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
27/09/2015), UCPN
(M)
asks BRB to reconsider his exit (kp 28/09/2015), It’s
not
over yet: Bhattarai’s departure from the party leaves
many questions unanswered (kp 28/09/2015), BRB
to
rejoin if Dahal steps down, reforms party: Aides (kp
29/09/2015), Babu
Ram’s
Exit Sends Ripples: Political Credentials At Risk,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 01/10/2015), Party
tried
to finish me off, says Bhattarai (ht 05/10/2015)
Bhattarai
asked
to take over UCPN-Maoist (ht 22/09/2015)
Maoist
chair
takes ‘tough line’ on Madhesi demands: Dahal claims
Madhesis gained the most under federalism as they were
the only ones to get province solely based on identity
(kp) [Nobody preserved more
than male Tagadharis!!]
UCPN-M
district
chiefs seek national gathering (ht 01/09/2015)
Bista
resigns
from UCPN (M) (kp 22/07/2015)
Dahal’s
snub
irks party colleagues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
20/07/2015)
UCPN-Maoist
chairman
slams growing factionalism in party (ht 12/07/2015),
Crack
resurfaces
in UCPN (Maoist) as Dahal, Bhattarai trade barbs: The
duo publicly accuses each other of weakening the party,
fostering factionalism (kp 13/07/2015), Bhattarai,
Dahal
jibe at each other (ht 13/07/2015), UCPN-M
leaders
doubt party’s future, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
14/07/2015)
Party
on
verge of collapse, new line must be taken to revitalise
organisation: BRB (ht 05/07/2015)
Merger
talks
with UCPN (M) end: Baidya (kp 11/06/2015)
Maoist
unification
talks: ‘Revolt’ issue hinders bid: Leaders (kp
23/04/2015)
CPN-Maoist
intensifies
merger talks with fellow leftist parties: The party has
resumed merger talks with Pari Thapa-led CPN (Unified)
and CPN-Revolutionary (kp 09/04/2015)
Dahal
urges
Maoist forces to unite (kp 29/03/2015)
Panel
formed
to plan CPN-M, CPN (Unified) merger (kp 27/03/2015),
CPN-Maoist,CPN-United
form
Unity Coordination Committee (ht 27/03/2015)
UCPN-M
district
Chair suspended (ht 27/03/2015)
Two
Maoist
parties start merger talks, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
16/03/2015), Unification
talks
of Maoist parties begin (ht 16/03/2015), Second-rung
leaders
campaign for reunion of Maoist parties (kp
17/03/2015), Will
unification
of Maoist parties be possible? (ht 17/03/2015), Court
verdict
unifying: Dahal (ht 18/03/2015), Won’t
surrender
in name of unity, says Mohan Baidhya (ht 20/03/2015)
Maoist
reunification:
Baidya-led team to resume talks (kp 15/03/2015)
My
views
reflect the party policy, interview with Baburam
Bhattarai (kp 07/03/2015)
Mahara
cuts
short ‘official’ India visit (kp 05/03/2015)
CPN
M
to become militant party: Central Committee leaders of
the party say they expect to develop an army of around
10,000 to 15,000 cadres, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
23/02/2015))
CPN
Maoist
turning into military force: Chand (kp 11/02/2015)
Lharkyal
is
new UCPN (M) lawmaker (kp 09/02/2015),
Controversial
Lharkyal
is CA member (rep 09/02/2015), Lama’s
CA
nomination irks UCPN (M) members: Party spokesman
defends controversial background (kp 11/02/2015), CA
nomination
sparks controversy (ht 11/02/2015), Lharkyal
issue
fuels protest in UCPN (Maoist), by Ashok Dahal (rep
11/02/2015), A
stir within: The Maoists anger their Madhesi allies by
nominating a controversial floor-crosser as CA member,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 13/02/2015)
CPN-Maoist
for
unification talks (kp 06/02/2015), CPN-M
for
unity with ‘true communists’ (ht 06/02/2015), Baidya
offers
UCPN (Maoist) for unification, by Ashok Dahal (rep
06/02/2015)
Unity
among
Maoist parties: Is it a distant dream?, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht 28/01/2015)
Deep
in
the red jungle: Adhikari’s book not only makes for a
gripping read, but also provides human faces to the
revolution, which have been sorely lacking in other
similar accounts of the People’s War, by Weena Pun
(kp 17/01/2015) [book review]
Chand
is
CPN Maoist gen secy, by Durga Lal KC (kp
11/01/2015), Chand
elected
CPN M General Secretary (ht 12/01/2015)
Chand-led
CPN
Maoist steps up donation drive: Industrialists say
cadres of Chand party ask for tidy sum when they visit
them in person (kp 08/01/2015)
Chand:
Revolution
against capitalism is inevitable, by Durga Lal KC
(kp 08/01/2015), Chand
demands
lion’s share in power corridor (ht 08/01/2015)
CPN-Maoist
chief
getting better (kp 01/01/2015), Baidya
discharged
from hospital (kp 04/01/2015)
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