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To the streets
Interview with Maoist hardliner Mohan Baidya "Kiran" in Janadisha, 28 September

FROM ISSUE #522 (01 OCT 2010 - 07 OCT 2010) | TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Janadisha: What is the purpose of the Extended Meeting next month?
Mohan Baidya: At a time when the constitution writing process is underway, a conspiracy is being hatched to derail it. There are issues of national independence, livelihood, class, caste, region and gender upon which the party should decide its stance. There is also a question of how to make the party revolutionary by defending the issue of class.

It is said the party is divided in the issue of national sovereignty.
The party has an unequivocal voice regarding the issue of national sovereignty. No one is against the movement. We have to finalise the modality of the movement.

But didn't the party fail to continue the struggle?
At a time when we are engaged in constitution writing, foreign factor has become visibly active to obstruct the process. Now, national sovereignty has been the main agenda of the party. We said this issue should be dealt with first before the others. We have to fight the imperialists and their agents first to write the constitution, and then address the livelihood of the people.

Is it true that you are pushing for a new political formula?
This is not true. If we limit to being a democratic republic, what is the point of waging a 'People's war' for 10 years? India has a democratic republic but the movement is going on. We have to institutionalise the democratic republic system but we should not get stuck right there. We have to go beyond. These allegations against me come from those who favour the parliamentary system. In our draft of the constitution, we have mentioned the making of a People's Federal Democratic Republic, which means we will not just restrict to being a democratic republic. This is the party's decision, not mine.

So the party's plan of action is yet to be consolidated?
We already have a general plan of action: to establish the People's Republic, to take the People's Republic to a new level, to launch the movement of national sovereignty effectively, and to address the problems related to livelihood. We are fighting on three fronts: the street, the parliament and the government. The fight in parliament is to incorporate our ideas in the new constitution. If the constitution is not written, we will have to take to the street. The extended meeting will decide how to take the movement to the streets.

1. who cares
some tv media organize a debate between this guy and manmohan bhatterai/ narayan khadka/pradip giri regarding: national independence, livelihood, class, caste, region and gender.

the debate should be in detail which means explanation/reasoning/method should be further explained, reasoned again and again until it is crystal clear , does not matter if it goes on for hours, days.

Posted on: 01 OCT 2010 | 12:17 PM NST

2. DG
Camred Mohan Baidya "Kiran"is worried 'how tomake the party f revolutionary'?
He should draw inspiration, take lesson from Chairman Mao himself. Create Gang of Four Youths organization called YCL is already there
Or, Let him take lession from the Chinese recent history itself.
But inspite of 'Mao Zedong dragging the country through a series of catastrophic convulsions and his hellish band of communism,.that destroyed the economic,technological,and intellectual capital; from 1978 things began to change. Third Plenum of the Communist Party of ChinaDeng Xiaoping gave a speech that turned out to be the most importantevent in Chinese history. Urgingeconomic development he said ,"It does not matter if it is black cat or a white cat,as long as it can catch mice,its a good cat.."
Comred choose your line.

Posted on: 01 OCT 2010 | 7:22 PM NST