I can't say with certainty what motivates the Maoists collectively. But let me share my experience of the time when I was an active member of ANNFSU (some of my colleagues are in the central leadership of the Maoists now, brrrrrr !!). In brief, the central theme of our training, discussion and identification vis a vis other political parties and factions used to be our struggle to dethrone 'Samanti sattaa' and how others have inferior policy and programs to do that. The theme of communism was rarely a part of our meal. May be it was a post-meal desert, but definitely not the main course. We all were clear about our democratic program- dismantle the Monarchy. But nobody was clear about our further communist program- establish 'Naulo Janabad'. The basic difficulty was that nobody had an idea how the bourgeoisie democracy, once established, would give rise to a condition to establish the next 'Naulo Janabad', whatever that is, or further 'jana ganatantra', the full-flung communist regime. Was it by winning the election by majority enough to make required constitutional amendments or by winning the election by simple majority and then a coup d'?tat or by one more insurgency against whoever is in power was unclear. For this reason, nobody (among several factions of the communist party) had a clear khaka of 'Naulo Janabad' itself. It was a muddled concept with contradictory things. It was full of theoretical jargons and rhetoric but nobody had an idea how that will translate into the objective situation of Nepal. I suggest readers to go through the 75 points 'United Minimum Program' of the Maoists (a sajha poster had posted some parts of it in a thread), although the Maoists have shelved that for now, to understand what I mean. My interpretation of all this is that the Maoists and all other communists of Nepal are actually never prepared for 'Naulo janabad'. Their vision ends at the bourgeoisie democracy, the democratic republic of Nepal. And it shouldn't be surprising at all. Ousting the Monarchy first is already such a colossal, difficult and consuming task, they don't have time and energy to work out the things beyond that.