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The struggle will be launched : Kiran Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2011

<http://thenextfront.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kiran2.jpg> (Here
is the interview given by Comrade Mohan Baidhya `Kiran' to the
daily paper Republica. This interview has focused on many burning
issues running within UCPN– Maoist. But we think Comrade Kiran has
not disclosed many issues and has answered unwillingly. Answers are
controversial and also imperfect . In one place he says: Chairman
Pushpa Kamal Dahal has deviated from the mandate and spirit of the
Palungtar plenum and the subsequent Central Committee (CC) decision. And
in another place he says: I think Dahal has to be at the frontline to
complete the revolution.

This is the place where we have to be clear. Now everything is open,
nothing is hidden. There is no any confusion that Pushpa Kamal Dahal is
leading the party towards the parliamentry system–the bourgeois
democracy, which Baburam Bhatarai was pleading since 2004. Now these
two are in the same boat and hailing the boat to Delhi Durabar. Again
Comrade Kiran is thinking Dahal has to be the frontline to complete the
revolution ! What a fun ? Prachand has come out in his real colour and
Kiran is pleading and hoping him to be the revolutionary hero? This is
the problem also with Kiran. This type of answer makes the cadres very
sad. Now the time has come to make great leap forward from the world of
necessity to the world of freedom.)

Republica: Why did you register your note of dissent? What is it about?

Mohan Baidya: It is not unnatural to have different opinions in a
revolutionary party. To put it in concrete terms, Chairman Pushpa Kamal
Dahal has deviated from the mandate and spirit of the Palungtar plenum
and the subsequent Central Committee (CC) decision. Hence I registered
my dissent.

Republica: You registered your dissent in the last standing committee as
well. Why again?

Baidya: The context is not different this time as well. The issue at
hand is about PLA integration. The peace process and constitution
drafting should move ahead simultaneously. So many people sacrificed
their lives for the sake of a "people's constitution", but
attention has not been paid in that regard. We have suspicions that we
may be betrayed. So I registered my dissent.

Republica: But the majority in the CC is against your ideological
position.

Baidya: There is no need to link the current circumstances with the
future of the revolution. Our stance is that the PLA integration and the
constitution drafting should move ahead simultaneously. People will
automatically launch a revolt if integration and the new constitution do
not fulfill people's aspirations. People's revolt is inevitable
if the state fails to address issues including state restructuring,
national sovereignty, and bring an end to discriminations based on
caste, religion, sex and class. We will then lead the revolt.

Republica: Do you think the combatants, especially those that support
you, will accept the party's decision on integration?

Baidya: It is our internal matter. Internal matters do not affect
external matters. There can be agreements and disagreements in the party
and the party has its own mechanism to solve them. We have cautioned
that the party should not deviate from our ideology and betray the
people.

Republica: The party establishment commands the majority. If Dahal
declines to lead the struggle, will you still move ahead?

Baidya: The struggle will be launched. I strongly believe that the party
will gradually support my ideology if situation turns adverse.

Republica: In the past you trusted Dahal but he ditched your party line.

Baidya: It will be too early to comment on this issue. We are holding
discussions. I think Dahal has to be at the frontline to complete the
revolution.

Republica: The circumstances are not in favor of your party line. So,
how do you plan to move ahead?

Baidya: I don't want to make comments now. It will largely depend on
how the politics unfolds. The main thing is that we should not betray
the people and the country. We never let down our revolutionary spirit.
We will keep on launching struggles for national sovereignty and issues
of people's livelihood, until the "people's revolution"
reaches its logical conclusion.

Republica: But your group has been accused of trying to split the party.

Baidya: We are launching internal struggle in the party. So, it is
absolutely wrong to level that allegation against us. It is our right to
register notes of dissent. We should not assume that the majority is
necessarily correct. Sometimes what the minority says can be true. It is
not true that the majority are necessarily revolutionaries. They can be
opportunists.

Republica: Do you think the change of line by Chairman Dahal is the
outcome of his ambition to become the prime minister, or that he came
under the influence of foreign power centers? Why do you think he
changed his ideological position?

Baidya: I cannot say anything. He may have his own position. What he did
now is not right and I have already registered my dissent.

Republica: It is said that the party joined the peace process after you
and CP Gajurel were detained in India. And it is said that it was
Dahal's design.

Baidya: It is absolutely wrong, I never said such things anywhere. These
are conspiracies to create a rift between the chairman and me.

Republica: But you had filed a case in the party saying that your
detention in India was part of the conspiracy.

Baidya: No, the incident is not linked with Dahal. I filed the case in a
different context.

Republica: It is said that Chairman Dahal always maintains his supremacy
in the party pitting you and Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai against
each other. Is it true?

Baidya: That is not true; we are playing our own roles. Chairman
Prachanda, Bhattarai and I have our own roles. It is natural that the
chairman often has differences with me and Bhattarai. It is the outside
forces who are trying to provoke us. It will continue. We not only have
differences, but also unity. It is necessary to keep the party alive.