A month after the split in the Maoist party, senior leaders of the UCPN-M have said that they are committed to end factionalism within their ranks. "We became liberal and allowed anarchy to spread. We will put an end to this, strictly abide by Leninist principles and complete our revolution in a new manner," said chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at his party's seventh extended plenum. 4800 people were present at the meeting, half of whom were representatives of ethno-federal units.

The party's earlier policy encouraged members to form ideological factions, but if the new proposal tabled by Dahal is passed, such policies will cease to exist. Dahal also admitted that among the 12 mistakes his party made after signing the 12-point accord, his involvement in the Katuwal case, his party's inability to take others into confidence, and misunderstanding of the Madhes issue were the worst mistakes.

"We have become a whole and will now focus solely on concluding the peace-process and restarting the constitution writing," added party's vice-chairman, Baburam Bhattarai.