Kathmandu

Thapa differs from Baidya over CPN-RM party line

Thapa differs from Baidya over CPN-RM party line

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Maoist leaders, Ram Bahadur Thapa (left) and Mohan Baidya. Photos: THT/File

KATHMANDU: CPN-Revolutionary Maoist General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa has come up with own report maintaining his reservation on the report presented by the party Chairman Mohan Baidya in the Central Committee meeting that began today. In his report, party Chairman Baidya has drawn the conclusion that unification with the UCPN-Maoist, from which he broke away, is possible only if there is an agreement on the ideology and principles. Baidya has stressed the action line of new democractic revolution while Thapa has brought the new programme of national new democracy. Thapa has concluded that unity among the revolutionary Maoist parties is the need of the time and it should be emphasised upon while holding further discussions to sort out the differences. According to Dev Gurung, a politburo member of the party, the party chief Baidya and General Secretary Thapa both elucidated their respective proposals and on the need of unification with the UCPN-Maoist in the present context. He argued that only two reports by the two leaders were present in the meeting and they were not proposals. The meeting will also continue tomorrow and the other central committee members will put their views on the reports.