Indian Maoists have criticized recent praises heaped on India by Maoist chairman Prachanda.
"Prachanda's repeated praise for India's role in bringing about the agreement creates illusions among the masses about India rather than preparing them for fighting the Indian expansionists who are keen on skirmishing Nepal in future," said Azad, spokesperson of Communist Party of India (Maoists) in a statement.
He was probably referring to Prachanda's remarks made a month ago when he praised India for facilitating the 12-point agreement between the political parties and Maoists signed a year ago in New Delhi. This agreement had set the stage for the coming together of the parties and the Maoists to launch people's movement, which forced King Gyanendra to give up powers.
Azad was also skeptical of India's role in helping Prachanda arriving at an agreement. India was aiming to disarm and isolate the Maoists as it was aiming to grab the natural wealth of Nepal particularly its huge hydel potential and to make it a safe haven for the imperialists and Indian comprador capitalists, the statement posted online a few days ago states.
In its public reaction to their Nepali comrades' decision to join the peaceful mainstream of politics, the Indian Naxalites have criticized the decision of Nepali Maoists to join mainstream and deposit their weapons in cantonments.
"Even more surprising is the assertion by the CPN(Maoist) that their current "tactics" in Nepal would be an example to other Maoist parties in South Asia. Comrade Prachanda had also given a call to other Maoist parties to reconsider their revolutionary strategies and to practice multiparty democracy in the name of 21st century democracy. Our CC makes it crystal-clear to CPN(M) and the people at large that there can be no genuine democracy in any country without the capture of state power by the proletariat and that the so-called multiparty democracy cannot bring any basic change in the lives of the people," the statement adds.
The Indian Maoists have said that such move by Nepali Maoists was detrimental to the interests of the revolutionary movements not only in Nepal but also in South Asia. "There can be no genuine democracy in any country without the capture of state power by the proletariat,'' the Communist Party of India (Maoists) said in a statement.
Urging the Maoists for withdrawal from the agreement with the Seven Party Alliance (SPA), party spokesman Azad said there should be "rethink about their current tactics which are actually changing the very strategic direction of the revolution in Nepal." The surrender of arms of PGA would only make people defenseless, he stated.
The Indian Maoists have further said that depositing arms could lead to reversal of gains made by people of Nepal. They have also said that the clause in the agreement to deposit equal number of arms by both sides "will obviously work in favour of Koirala-led Government' as it would have the option to use the huge stock of arms still at the disposal of the army." They have also questioned the decision to allow the United Nations to monitor the depositing of arms saying that the UN itself was "an instrument in the hands of imperialists."
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Marxism is a powerful intellectual tool for struggle but its blueprint for the future, once the communists capture power, has been a dismal failure as is obvious if one reads the events of the 20th century. The Indian Maoists should consicer this experience before they condemn Prachanda.
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