Back in Nepal, I had watched the movie "Basanti". There was a dialogue in the movie by Mathawarsingh Thapa to Jung Bahadur Rana (his bhanij). It was " Rajkaj ma maile tapainlai ani tapaile malai marnu paryo bhane pani hamile tyo kaam garnu parcha." And later on Jung Bahadur kills hm. All I am trying to say is Prachanda might be killed not only by the lower level cadres but he can be assasinated even by high ranking people among maoists. That wont come as a surprise for me at all. So, lets wait and watch. Sparrow