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Nepal-Maoists’ Chief Prachanda is not even a Communist: Laxman Tharu

Laxman Chaudhary
Tharuhat United Struggle Alliance

Introduction:
I was the General Secretary of the Maoists' affiliated Tharuwan Liberation Front and a member of the Maoists' regional bureau. I was affiliated to the Maoists party since 1993 and went underground after 1997. I have also served in the Maoist's People's Liberation Army, however, I quit the party in 2007.
I adhere to the Marxist principles, I like communism, thus, to fulfill my inner desires, I had joined the Maoists' Party. I always believed that the Maoist party was a real communist party. Not to be so, after the New Delhi engineered and sponsored 12-Points Agreement, the party turned out to become the stooge of the expansionist and is involved in anti-Marxist activities which is prevalence of nepotism and favoritism in the party and more so some leaders have been involved in trafficking as well. Thus, I quit the party and have the inner feeling that the Maoists party is no more a communist party. Now, I believe that Prachanda remains no longer a Communist worth the name. There is not a single real communist party in Nepal, nor could we make one.

On Tharu Exploitation:
Not just the so-called communist parties of Nepal but the Nepali Congress which is more so an anti-national party too has used the Janajatis, Muslims, Tharus, Dalits and other backward communities as a mere vote bank. We had heard that those parties had been using and throwing the backward communities but now we have seen it happening through our naked eyes.
Our Communist leaders now own big houses and luxurious big cars…they have exploited the backward communities to fulfill their inner desires, the NC and UML did that in the past, now the Maoists are doing the same. So where lay the difference?

On Communist Revolution to Ethnic Uprising
Look, the Communist movement in the world has acquired a defensive posture. It is so, not because of the communist cadres but because of the so-called communist leaders. The Communists have won many revolutions but because of the betrayal by their top leaders the communist movement have failed the world over. Clearly, there are two factions in Nepali politics, one adapts to the parliamentary democratic system---they are all anti-nationals and there is the Communist faction---they are just namesake communists. I do not want to join any of the two fronts mentioned above. We are soon to launch a new political entity comprising of Dalits, Janajatis, Muslims, and the Brahmin and Chhetri of Khasan Pradesh. Thus, we are not only concentrating on Ethic liberation but of the entire nation. To be frank, this country is yet to become a nation as such. If this country was a nation in its entirety then the Tharus and the Dalits would not have remained exploited and the Communist leaders would not have been millionaires, our Mahakali River would not have been sold at a dirt cheap price? To make this country a nation, there is the need for new uprising- an ethnic revolt. This revolt will be the final one against the so-called Communists, against the anti-national Nepali Congress and against the expansionists. We are currently involved in this national uprising which will also be a class, an ethnic and regional uprising.

On Prachanda, Girija, Madhav or Jhal Nath?
Comparatively speaking, Prachanda is much ahead of Girija, Madhav and Jhalanath Khanal in terms of political acumen and capabilities. But Prachanda is a conspiratorial personality from within. His presentation style, views are equally good but internally he is very dangerous. He forced people to die at time of the revolution, but he finally sold-out the entire revolution. He compromised with the ideals of the revolution, however, other leaders of the revolution do not even know this hidden fact. Prachanda is good in doing good things but equally good to doing the otherwise. He is also good at hiding and conspiring. In the past, I used to think that he was a committed revolutionary but now I take him as a conspirator. Anyway, compared to other contemporary leaders, Prachanda is forward-looking one.
After I quit the party, we rarely meet. Personally we never met. Even if we happen to meet in a group, he does not talk to me, I prefer avoiding him. Sometimes we just shake hands. That’s all.

On Tie-up with the Revolutionary Left Wing
I will not join any communist party. I have already told you we will form a party taking on the Socialist-Federalist principles---which will be emerge through an ethnic uprising.

On One Madhesh One Province
There is no Madhesh in Nepal. From Jhapa to Kanchanpur, it is only Tharuhat. The real sons of the soil are the Tharus. Those who have recently sneaked into Nepal to carryout business activities are saying that they were the real sons of the soil and are trying to make our Tarai another Sikkim. We must remain careful and ever vigilant of the Yadavs and the Baniyas who have come all the way from Madhesh (Madhya Desh- in India) to Nepal.
The recent Ordinance brought by the government was aimed at making Upendra Yadav happy in order to prolong the life of the government. That’s all.
The demand for One Madhesh One Province is not just a way to further exploit the Tharus but aimed at disintegrating the nation. We must retaliate with full force against this dangerous intent. The Tharus have come to the front to fight against the One Madhesh demand. Thus the entire Nepali population supported the Tharu uprising, they were very happy.
To add, our protest was not against any group as such, it was a fight for our own identity. We are by now clear that in this fight for the identity of 4 million Tharus, no Yadav or a community as such would dare retaliate.
2009-03-16 07:08:05

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