Religious fanatics and Maoists may say whatever they please but the way I look at this situation is that Maoists clearly know that they can not rule the country "peacefully" while the Hinduism has a good base in the country. Just the same approach that Mao followed when taking over China and stamping out traditional religion. Remember Mao said "religion is poison". Also, if history is an example then religion can bring masses together which may fight against Imperialism or Communism. Read Chanakya, if you will. Clearly, Maoists want to be the only properly organized mass in Nepal in order to achieve their desired success. No matter what religion of no religion the country is affiliated to - the main issues facing the country - illiteracy, health etc - will not go away. The people who exploit cheap labour to keep maids will continue to do so and has nothing to do with religion.