Maoist
Centre open to
alliances for
December
bypolls : In a
volte-face,
the party says
it may now
partner with
leftists and
progressives
barring
Congress and
UML, by
Anil Giri (kp)
["What
do I care
about my
gossip from
yesterday?"
Quote loosely
based on PK
Dahal!]
Vandalism
at CPN-Maoist
student wing
conference
venue, 98
chairs broken
(kh
02/10/2024)
Clashes
erupt at
CPN-Maoist
student wing
conference
(kh
30/09/2024)
Out
of power,
Maoists seek
to redefine
agenda : The
former
revolutionary
outfit lacks a
clear
political
ideology
compared to
other parties:
Maoist leader,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
27/09/2024)
Maobadi
in Crisis
After joining
mainstream
politics,
Prachanda
committed
three big
mistakes,
by Narayan
Manandhar (rep
24/09/2024)
Can
Maoist Centre
hold
large-scale
street
protests it’s
warning about?
The Maoist
Centre simply
does not have
enough public
support for a
major
agitation that
has transpired
in Nepal’s
South Asian
neighbours,
analysts say,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
04/09/2024)
Prachanda
pledges to
take
initiative for
making
Nepalgunj ICP
effective
(kh
02/09/2024) [???]
Dahal’s
not-so-subtle
power ambition,
by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae
28/08/2024) [May Nepal be saved from further power struggles,
intrigues or
even
governments of
the so often
already failed
politicians
Dahal, Oli and
Deuba!],
What's
Next for
‘Prachanda’?,
by Pawan
Adhikari (rep
24/08/2024), Chair
Dahal: Talks
underway to
unite all
leftist and
maoist forces
(kh
24/08/2024) [Is Dahal grasping at one last straw to continue his
long-failed
political
career? His
plan seems
utopian, quite
apart from the
fact that Oli
and his UML
make up the
largest group
of left-wing
forces and are
not interested
in joining
forces with
others, at
best under
Oli's
leadership and
his
authoritarian
conditions!]
Prachanda’s
Decline: From
Revolutionary
leader to
failed PM,
by Jitendra GC
(kh
18/08/2024) [A good analysis, but one that also applies in the same
way to the two
other PMs who
have failed
far too often
in recent
years, Oli and
Deuba!],
Maoists
thought their
internal rift
was plugged.
Not quite so ;
The standing
committee
meeting was
believed to
have pacified
dissidents.
The row
emerged again
on Saturday,
by Anil Giri
(kp
18/08/2024) [Without fundamental changes in terms of personnel and
ideology, the
decline of the
major parties
in recent
decades will
continue. The
authoritarian
attitudes of
their ‘great’
leaders will
not help
either.],
Prachanda's
Politics On
Rough Track?,
by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn
18/08/2024), A
call for
change :
Pushpa Kamal
Dahal’s
alternative as
Maoist party
chair will be
found only
when they
start looking
for one
(kp
19/08/2024)
Dahal
faced a storm
at Maoist
party meet.
Then he
pacified two
lieutenants
who led
opposition :
Party will
resolve
theoretical as
well as
ideological
differences
through
dialogue, says
Maoist Centre
Secretary Karki,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
16/08/2024)
Dahal
dismisses
party split
reports,
confirms
agreement with
Janardan
Sharma (kh
15/08/2024)
Maoist
leader
Janardhan
proposes
leadership
overhaul :
Calls for
expanded
ideological
focus (kh
11/08/2024), Mistrusted,
misguided : No
one will be
fooled by
Dahal’s new
bid to
resurrect his
image as a
champion of
progressive
agendas
(kp
12/08/2024), Chairman
Dahal faces
unprecedented
challenge in
party : Two
deputy general
secretaries
urge the
Maoist Centre
chief to set a
timeline for
leadership
transfer,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
13/08/2024) [Dahal, Oli and Deuba are responsible by name in their
parties for an
authoritarian
leadership
style and the
lack of
practised
democracy and
social
inclusion. The
sooner they
withdraw from
active
politics, the
better for
Nepal!],
Dahal’s self-serving
leadership under scrutiny, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 13/08/2024)
Gajurel
resigns as
Maoist Center
Deputy General
Secretary
(rep
31/07/2024)
Maoist
Centre to
contest next
elections
single-handedly
: The party
has concluded
that due to
alliances, it
suffered a lot
on ideological
and
organisational
fronts,
spokesperson
Sapkota says
(kp
31/07/2024) [Such a statement doesn't mean anything!], Can Maoists contest
elections
alone?, by
Kamal Dev
Bhattaraim (ae
01/08/2024)
Dahal
attempts to
revive
Socialist
Front after
his
unceremonious
departure from
PM post
(rep
16/07/2024)
Oppressed
classes felt
betrayed,
other sections
didn’t accept
Maoists : A
force mightier
than the
Maoists may
emerge to take
the space it
occupied in
the past,
interview with
Ram Karki,
CPN-MC (kp
15/07/2024)
A
taste of his
own medicine :
Dahal now
finds no one
but himself to
blame for the
unsavoury
situation he
has led his
party into,
by Deepak
Thapa (kp
11/07/2024)
Maoist
Center takes action against MP Devkota for
“floor crossing” (kh 14/06/2024), SC
issues interim
order in favor
of Phanindra
Devkota, halts
disciplinary
action (kh
24/06/2024)
NCP-Biplav
to contest general elections in 2084 (kh
30/04/2024)
Mohan
Baidya and Santa Bahadur agree to merge their
parties (kh 25/04/2024)
Krishna
Mahara, arrested in gold smuggling case, flown
to Kathmandu (kh 18/03/2024), Maoist
Center’s Krishna Mahara transferred to CIB after
arrest in gold smuggling case (kh
18/03/2024), Maoist
Center delays decision on Krishna Bahadur
Mahara’s fate (kh 19/03/2024)
CPN
(Maoist Center) and Nepal Samajbadi Party agree
to unite (kh 16/03/2024), Dissenting
faction of NSP calls Central Committee meeting
to take action against Yadav (kh
16/03/2024), Dr.
Baburam Bhattarai calls NSP’s emergency meeting
(kh 17/03/2024), NSP
Dispute: Dr. Bhattarai faction rejects Yadav
faction’s party unity with Maoist Center (kh
17/03/2024)
CPN
(Maoist Centre) designates province in-charges
(rn 28/02/2024) [Including
so "many" women. This "revolutionary" party is
so gender inclusive and is working for the
abolition of patriarchy. And then all these
non-Khas Arya, wow!]
Calls
grow in Maoist Centre to toughen stance against
Congress : Maoist leaders criticise Nepali
Congress leaders’ Mahasamiti reports and a
faction’s Hindu state demand, by Anil Giri
(kp 28/02/2024)
Biplav
appointed coordinator of Socialist Front (kh
18/02/2024)
Maoist
statute convention : Adding Vigour To The Party,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 18/02/2024)
CPN
(Maoist Center) Statute Convention: Name change
unlikely, symbol under consideration (kh
15/02/2024), Maoist
Center approves new Statute, announces
structural reforms : Party firm on retaining
election symbol and name (kh 15/02/2024)
Maoist
representatives want direct elections for
leadership positions : So far, the party’s
general convention only elects central members.
Other committees and office bearers are picked
from the central committee, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 15/02/2024) [This
party too thinks in authoritarian terms and
doesn't think much of basic democratic
principles!]
Maoist
Center leaders face criticism for opulent
lifestyles and ideological ambiguity (kh
12/02/2024), Conventional
wisdom : At a minimum, Dahal should declare that
he will step down as the head of his party after
a specific time (kp 12/02/2024), Dahal
offers lip service of leadership transfer at
Maoist Centre statute convention : Party chief
does not seem positive about imposing age and
term limits for office bearers because he still
wants to be in control, says a leader (kp
14/02/2024), Majority
leaders opt for direct elections and inclusive
representation in Maoist Center (kh
14/02/2024)
Maoist
Center demotes 50 leaders for neglecting party
responsibilities (kh 11/02/2024)
CPN
(Maoist Center) general secretary faces
corruption allegations by central committee
member ()kh 20/01/2024)
Draft
statute of Maoist Centre aims to trim party
committees . Janardan Sharma’s proposal calls
for picking party leadership through a vote
(kp 19/01/2024)
Maoist
Centre’s statute convention next month : A draft
statute has been submitted to the Standing
Committee. The document will be discussed at
different levels before it is presented at the
convention (kp 14/01/2024)
Maoist
Center Chairman Dahal takes initiatives to unite
with Dr Bhattarai’s party (rep 14/01/2024)
Maoist
Center calls meeting of office bearers to
discuss pertinent issues (kh 15/12/2023)
Court
issues arrest warrants against Chand, other
leaders : Prime minister says the court move
adds complications in mainstreaming Chand-led
group (kp 05/12/2023), NCP
announces three-day protest against arrest
warrant of Gen Secy Chand (rep 05/12/2023)
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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