Kathmandu: CPN-Maoist chairman Mohan Baidya has warned that they will not remain mute spectators if the Nepal Army (NA) is mobilised to suppress their poll boycott programmes. Talking today with Rishi Dhamala for The RD Show, a talk show of Himalayan Television, Baidya said, “we will retaliate if our poll boycott programmes are suppressed using the Nepal Army.”
Unlike speculated by others, Baidya clarified that they will not raise arms. He said that they will actively boycott the polls mobilising the people, adding that they do not have any immediate plans to go underground. Commenting on the rising cases of violence in the run-up to the CA polls, Baidya dismissed the accusation that his party was behind those incidents. He said that his party does not believe on the violent activities like abduction of the candidates, arson and bombings.
Reiterating the demand of poll postponement, he claimed that country could not move ahead without consensus. During the interview, Baidya also expressed commitment to go for the polls if new date of polls is announced through consensus by postponing the scheduled polls for November 19. He said his party will not withdraw the 10-day nationwide bandha called by poll-opposing 33-party alliance unless their demand is met. “Bandha will be withdrawn if the polls are cancelled. Otherwise we will continue with our bandha programmes as announced,” he said.
Arguing that he had struggled for more than 50 years for the CA, he claimed that he was not against the constitution through the CA. “CA through this election cannot deliver the people’s constitution so there is not point of taking part in this process,” Baidya said.
Baidya revealed that they are holding informal talks with the government and other political parties. “Though informal talks are underway, we are not going to take part in this election at any cost,” he said.
Commenting on the UCPN (Maoist) proposal to offer them 26 seats of the CA through the cabinet appointment, Baidya said they will not be a part of the upcoming CA despite as many as seats they are provided.

Kathmandu: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has reportedly said that he will hold talks with the poll opposing CPN-Maoist to withdraw its 10-day long bandha programme called from November 11 in a bid to foil the Constituent Assembly polls slated for November 19.
Meeting with a group of delegates including Nepal Citizen Forum chairman Himalaya Shamsher Rana, senior vice-chairman Umesh Mainali and Madhesi Citizen Society coordinator Ganesh Mandal this afternoon, President Dr Yadav said that he has planned to hold talks with CPN-Maoist chairman Mohan Baidya against the backdrop of rising anti-poll activities, terror created among the people due to the growing number of violence cases in the run up to the polls and bandha called by the 33-party alliance led by the CPN-Maoist.
“I will talk with Baidya soon to make the election success and I will also request him to withdraw the bandha programmes,” Rana told to nepalireporters.com quoting the President Dr Yadav as saying. According to Rana, President Dr Yadav told them that he was talking with Baidya internally to make him withdraw the bandha and also he is planning to hold a meeting with top leaders of the parties including Baidya prior to the polls date.
“CA polls should not be postponed as the preparation has almost completed. Deferring the poll date would amount to a suicidal move,” Rana said President Dr Yadav as quoting.
Meanwhile, former Chief Election Commissioner Surya Prashad Shrestha has met Baidya to urge the latter to call off bandha.

Kathmandu: CPN-Maoist has demanded the immediate postponement of the Constituent Assembly polls going to be held by putting them outside the process. The CPN-Maoist, which has vowed to disrupt the polls, has also urged government and four major political parties to seriously consider its demands and start a dialogue with them.
Issuing a press release today, CPN-Maoist chairperson Mohan Baidya has reiterated its demand of Round-Table-Conference (RTC) to give an outlet to the political impasse. “We make special request to the four major political parties and the government to postpone the election going to be held without national consensus and initiate result-oriented dialogues and the RTC as proposed by the alliance,” read the press release.
Likewise, Baidya has also made an appeal to other political parties, civil society and intellectuals to take an initiation on this regard.
Baidya-led CPN-Maoist has also condemned the crackdown, arrest and prosecution of its leaders and cadres across the nation while boycotting the election- ‘a practice of democratic rights.’ It has also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its leaders and cadres, arrested while boycotting the CA polls.
Stating that the CA election, a major component of the peace process, Baidya has also claimed that there was no meaning and rationale of the CA polls without the participation of the CPN-Maoist, a major force involved in the ‘people’s war. He has also warned that the CA constituted without their participation could not produce a constitution but only invite further conflict.

KATHMANDU: Coordinator of the High Level Political Committee (HLPC) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Sunday wrote a letter to poll opposing parties CPN-Maoist and its alliance for talks.

The CPN-Maoist and its alliance have expressed dissatisfaction regarding the formation of the current government and Constituent Assembly (CA) election process and refused to join the CA election process.

The Committee’s meeting held on Saturday had given Coordinator Dahal the authority to extend a formal invitation to the 33-party alliance including the CPN-Maoist for talks to conclude the CA election in the slated time.

Dahal, who is the Chairman of Unified CPN (Maoist), has addressed the CPN-Maoist and other parties under its alliance to join the election process and forge environment for the CA election through dialogue, said Dahal’s aid Shiva Khakurel.

NUWAKOT: Chairman of the CPN-Maoist, Mohan Baidya, has reiterated that there could also be collaboration with the former King, who carry true feelings of nationalism.

He also said that there was no alternative to the formation of a greater front on this issue. At a press conference organised by the party at Bidur today, he clarified that there would be partnership with any one on the issue of nationalism.

Stating that it was positive of the government to send an invitation for talks, Baidya said that they would sit for talks only after the government makes it clear that the talks will be held without any condition.

KATHMANDU: Chairman of hardline CPN-Maoist Mohan Baidhya has challenged the major four political parties and government to conduct the election on November 19 as announced earlier.

Releasing a book penned by party leader Hira Mani Dukhi in the capital today, Baidhya said, “The agitating parties would promulgate new constitution through streets if the major parties and government did not listen to our concerns.”

He also said that CA election was not possible by keeping the agitating political parties aside and claimed that the UCPN (Maoist) and other major parties are practising the politics of prohibition.

At a program in the capital on Sunday, Baidhya had said that the party sacrificed a lot for CA election, thereby they were not opposing the election but the process that the four-party and government are practising.

KATHMANDU: CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya has ruled out the chance of participation in the upcoming CA election until the 11-point agreement and 25-point order were scrapped.

“We have sacrificed blood for CA election but we are not going to participate in the poll under the status quo,” he said at a program in the capital on Sunday.

Baidhya was speaking at an interaction organized by the 33 agitating political parties.

“New government from among the parties should be formed by scrapping the March 15 agreement and CA election should be conducted by forging consensus in contents of the new constitution,” he said.

He said conflict resolution is not likely by sidelining a faction of participants of decade-long people’s war.

Likewise, CPN (UML) General Secretary Ishwor Pokhrel said that CA election under current situation is not possible if the demands of the agitating parties were not addressed.

All parties should be flexible to bring the agitating parties in election as CA election was something different from the general election.

Also speaking at the program, Nepali Congress leader Dip Kumar Upadhyay said there was no alternative before the agitating parties other than to take part in the elections.

Similarly, Vice-chairman of Federal Socialist Party Bijay Subba and General Secretary of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal, Ram Sahay Yadav said an all-party conference should be conducted by scrapping the March 15 agreement for holding new election.

Likewise, political scientists Prof Krishna Khanal and Prof Dr Surendra KC said the new CA would be able to draft the new constitution if the earlier mistakes were corrected by reviewing the causes of failure of the erstwhile CA.

KATHMANDU: Chairman of Nepal’s hardliner communist party Mohan Baidhya has said that his party would not sit for talks with government talks team, government, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and four-party mechanism regarding the latest political issues.

At an interaction program organized by Reporters Club in the capital today, Chairman of CPN-Maoist Baidhya said the party decided not to sit for talks sensing that chances of demands being fulfilled is almost nil.

The program was presided by Club’s Chairman Rishi Dhamala.

Baidhya said, “High-Level Political Committee has no capacity of its own. The ministers themselves told they would not abide by the opinions of Committee.”

He also said that the party would boycott the elections under the present circumstances. “We will by making new strategies. We had also boycotted the polls in Panchayat and multiparty system too,” he added.

KATHMANDU: Veteran Marxist thinker and CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’ has been honored with Parijat Sriijana Samman at a program here this morning.

Kiran is known as Chaitanya in the literary field. He has penned a number of books, criticism and write-ups against social oppressions.
Similarly, communist leader Sahana Pradhan was honored with Parijat Sangharshashil Nari Samman and Narad Mani Hartamchhali with the Parijat Kala Samman.

All the honored figures were provided with a separate purse of Rs 10,000.

However, Pradhan could not attend the program due to her poor health condition. Her son Umesh Shrestha received the prize who later on handed over the prize money to Centre’s Chairperson Laxmi Mali to complete the under-construction building of Parijat Memorial Centre.

KATHMANDU: CPN-Maoist, which is saying that it would boycott the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, has however, directed its student wing to start preparations to win the forthcoming Free Students Union (FSU) elections.

Chairman of the Maoist party, Mohan Baidya directed the office bearers and central members of the ANNISU- Revolutionary at Buddhanagar party office today for nationwide win in the FSU elections.

Baidya called for preparing environment for winning all over the country with progressive educational agenda, said ANNISU-Revolutionary Secretary Ratna Dhakal.

Party Vice Chairman CP Gajurel and General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa also took stock of the situation nationwide and directed for organisational expansion.

The organisation will give training to campus unit presidents for the election slated to be held on May 27.