Indian Maoists urge Nepali Maoists to wield arms
TILAK P POKHAREL
KATHMANDU, May 15 - The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) has once again warned their Maoist comrades in Nepal to withdraw from parliamentary democracy and return to armed struggle. In an interview of CPI-M General-Secretary "Ganapathy" circulated by CPI-M Spokesperson "Azad" on April 24, Ganapathy said his party is in having debates with the Maoists in Nepal on these questions.
"We are telling them not to have illusions of parliamentary democracy," he said. "We believe there is serious danger of diversion of the people's war in Nepal after the CPN (Maoist) took the stand of multi-party democracy in the name of 21st century democracy."
Urging Nepali Maoists to "firmly" carry on the armed struggle to "final victory", Ganapathy has argued that Maoists can never achieve their aim of putting an end to "feudal and imperialist exploitation" by entering parliament in the name of multi-party democracy.
Urging Nepali Maoists to "firmly" carry on the armed struggle to "final victory", Ganapathy has argued that Maoists can never achieve their aim of putting an end to "feudal and imperialist exploitation" by entering parliament in the name of multi-party democracy.
They will have to either get co-opted into the system or abandon the present policy of power-sharing with the ruling classes and continue armed revolution to seize power," he added. "There is no Buddhist middle way. They cannot set the rules for a game the bourgeoisie had invented."
While urging the CPN-M to withdraw from their agreements with the government, a perturbed Azad, in a statement issued on November 13, had asked the former to "rethink their current tactics".
While urging the CPN-M to withdraw from their agreements with the government, a perturbed Azad, in a statement issued on November 13, had asked the former to "rethink their current tactics".
CPN-M leader, CP Gajurel, had claimed in February that both the Maoist parties of Nepal and India, which share the common communist ideology of seizing power through armed struggle, had patched up after troubled relations for months.
The latest fury toward their Nepali comrades shows that Indian Maoists - also called "Naxalites" - are still not happy with the CPN-M's participation in the government and parliament by leaving the armed struggle.
The latest fury toward their Nepali comrades shows that Indian Maoists - also called "Naxalites" - are still not happy with the CPN-M's participation in the government and parliament by leaving the armed struggle.
Source: The Kathmandu Post, May 16, 2007
