Nepalgunj, March 27
Naya Shakti Nepal coordinator and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai says the CPN-Maoist Centre is committing suicide in the form of a merger with the CPN-UML.
Bhattarai’s statement follows his former comrade and Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s request to him to join the merger process and become a part of the new unified communist party. He has been repeatedly ruling out the possibility of his going back to the Maoist party.
Addressing his cadres at a training programme here today, Bhattarai said, “The UML-Maoist merger is not only Prachanda (Dahal)’s surrender, but also the suicide of entire party.”
“If you want to commit suicide, just do it. Why are you calling me to join,” he questioned Dahal.
Meanwhile, he reiterated that his party would launch a movement for development and prosperity.
