Nepal: UCPN-M leadership at decisive crossroads

From Revolutionary Frontlines:
010-08-31,
The Himalayan Times
Tika R Pradhan
KATHMANDU: At a time when the UCPN-Maoist leadership is under fire for being revisionist, some central committee members say Chairman Pushpa

Pushpa Kamal Dahal (L) and Madhav Kumar Nepal
Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is losing his grip on hardcore cadres, but has become popular among new entrants in the party.
An influential CC member claimed that those leaders who fought in the insurgency, support hardliner Vice Chairman Mohan Baidhya’s political document.
“Only those leaders who joined the party after unification support Dahal’s document,” he said, adding that standing committee members and influential leaders Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dev Gurung and politburo member Pampha Bhusal support Baidhya.
“Media reports claiming that most CC members were for chairman Dahal were totally misleading,” he said.
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