The ruling CPN amended its political document that said it will not hesitate to even start an armed movement if situation so demanded and said it will only accept peaceful movement and multiparty competition.
The document that has recently been printed after editing by Chairmen KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal has removed the part that said the party will not step back if the situation demanded use of force.
Central member of CPN Bishnu Rizal calls the amendment a well-thought decision. "Communist parties generally formulate strategy of waging even an armed struggle if the situation demands a struggle. But it is better to not mention some of these things when it is the largest party," Rizal told Setopati and opined that such things no longer need to be mentioned in the document.
"Nepali Congress took up arms in 1950, 1961 and 1972. But nowhere did the Nepali Congress statute mention about taking up arms. If a party like Nepali Congress can move forward in that manner if situation so demands, there will be no difficulty for a communist party to move in accordance to situation."
Another CPN central member Yuba Raj Chaulagai said some of the things have been omitted while preparing the post-unification political document in such a way that both the sides are not hurt. He commented that an indirect language may have been used in the political document to ensure that neither former UML or Maoist is dominant after unification.
"Some issues have been left even though working-orientation of a communist party has to be dialectic. But there will be additional discussions once it reaches the people, and whether the party is operating as per the general working-orientation or not will be reviewed," Chaulagai told Setopati.
