The internal disputes in the UCPN (Maoists) are getting uglier by day and battles have now become too personal. The ideological rift between the Chairman and his two deputies had already split the largest party into three camps but the indiscipline and lumpenism in the party reached a new climax with cadres issuing death threats to their own leaders.

Janak Bartaula, a Casino bouncer and cadre of UCPN (Maoist) affiliated trade Union has threatened to assassinate party vice chairman Baburam Bhattarai within five days. Bartaula was upset over the scuffle that took place in Casino Anna few days ago between the workers of Prachanda and Bhattarai camps.

Bhattarai has informed the party about the threat and demanded that the party take action against the criminal elements within the party. The incident is a disaster for the party which is trying to establish itself as a progressive and democratic party in the mainstream politics. The rampant anarchist tendency among the party cadres and their repeated physical attack against their critics contributes to the violent image of the party in public memory.

A party which wants to lead new Nepal has to first be able to control its own cadres and activists.

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