Maoists all for dictatorship of proletariat: Prachanda

The Maoists have made it clear that it is nowhere near softening its stance for what it calls the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’.

Issuing a statement Sunday on the occasion of 112th birth anniversary of late Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, CPN (Maoist) chairman, Prachand, said, “Our party expresses strong commitment to the idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat that had evolved during the course of the great cultural revolution initiated and led by Comrade Mao.”

Prachand’s statement somewhat contrasts the expressions of the Maoist leaders who, during the last round of peace talks with the government, had announced at several forums that they were not against the multiparty system and that they were ready to accept the existence of other political forces. Of late, the rebels have declared moral support to the street protests of four political parties - including the Nepali Congress - against ‘regression’.

In the statement the Maoist supremo also said that his party was trying to practically establish Mao’s thesis that says “political power comes from the barrel of gun” and, as part it, it was embarking on the first phase of ‘strategic retaliation’.

The rebel leader also said his party was fully committed to what he said the ‘synthesized form of Marxism, Leninism and Maoism’. nepalnews.com mbk Dec 26 04 Sphere: Related Content