Thursday, 12 April 2012
Revolutionaries in Nepal protest against liquidation and surrender of PLA
Revolutionaries in Nepal protesting against UCPM-M Party Headquarters’ decision to liquidate and surrender of the People’s Liberation Army
| Baidhya faction spills PLA handover anger on streetsKathmandu Post, KATHMANDU, APR 11 – Miffed by the Special Committee decision to hand over the PLA cantonments, weapons and combatants to the Nepal Army, Maoist hardliners led by senior Vice Chairman Mohan Baidhya on Wednesday took to the streets all across the country against party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.
The faction burnt effigies of Dahal and Bhattarai as well as took out a torch rally and staged an one-hour long chhakajam. Accusing Dahal and PM Baburam Bhattarai of betraying ‘revolution’, the hardline faction has launched protests against its own government. Hundreds of cadres close to the radical faction staged chakkajam for an hour at 10 am, bringing vehicular movement in various parts of country to a standstill. Similarly, they organised a torch rally and burnt effigies of Dahal and Bhattarai throughout the country. However, police broke up a torch rally at Ranta Park rally in the Capital, which was led by party General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa. Security personnel from the Metropolitan Police Range Hanumandhoka used force to disrupt the rally after protesters attempted to burn effigies. “Police baton-charged during our rally in an attempt to foil our protest,” said a Maoist Central Committee member close to Baidya Maheshwor Dahal. However, police said minimum force was used as the protesters who tried to violate the rules and regulations. The faction has been saying that bringing the PLA combatants and cantonments under the Army without concluding the process of integrating Maoist combatants was a surrender by the party. It has also threatened not to participate in the process of bringing the PLA fighters, cantonments and arms under the NA control. Posted on: 2012-04-12 |
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The Joint National People’s Movement Committee, an alliance of 13 communist parties led by hardliner faction of the UCPN Maoist party Thursday announced the second round of protest, declaring Baburam Bhattarai-led government a “fascist” coalition. Issuing a press statement on Thursday, Maoist secretary C.P Gajurlel-coordinated alliance also condemned the police interference in yesterday’s torch rally. “We condemned the fascist act of the government and also warn the government not to repeat such atrocity,” a press release issued by the alliance said. The group also announced fresh programmes of protest against the coalition government. The protests will start from Apri 20 with a mass meeting in Dhulikhel of Kavre and will conclude on May 15 with torch rallies in the major towns across the country. nepalnews.com |
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