An Arrested Maoist Claims That Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda Once Trained With Naxals In India

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He is now the Prime Minister or Nepal, but almost 17 years ago Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka ‘Prachanda’ was a Maoist guerrilla leading the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in the civil war of the then Himalayan kingdom.

(India is blaming Prime Minister of Nepal now?)

At the time, Prachanda was the face of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal which lasted for ten years from 1996 to 2006. Eventually, the guerrillas won under Prachanda’s leadership.

So celebrated was Prachanda among the Maoists that murals on Kathmandu’s walls read “Mālemāvād ra Prachaṇḍapath” or Ma(rx)-Le(nin)-Ma(o)-Prachanda Way, which can be simply understood as ‘Path of Prachanda’ – a communist line of thought.


A Prachanda Path mural opposite the US Embassy in Nepal.Wikimedia Commons

It now turns out that Prachanda may have undergone training in India’s Naxal hotbed of Chhattisgarh with other Maoists.
According to a report published by Navbharat Times, the news about Prachanda’s training in India came from Kundan Pahan, a top Naxal commander who was arrested in Ranchi.


Maoists in the jungles of Chhattisgarh.AP

Kundan is believed to have told the police that he trained with Prachanda in the jungles of Chhattisgarh in 2000. At the time, Kundan was 16 years old.

The Naxal commander also said that Prachanda had also established an entire network of Naxal terrorists in Chhattisgarh.
Naxals were trained near Bokaro by a team from West Bengal. The report says that some of the finest weapons used to arrive at the Naxal camps.

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How much of Kundan’s revelation is believable?
It is true that Prachanda spent at least eight years in India during the Nepalese civil war. All this while, he remained underground directing his guerillas from India.

The news of him receiving training in Chhattisgarh is, however, new.

What is surprising is this new piece of information indicates that Nepalese Maoists were trained by Indian Naxals and not the Chinese.



Prime Minister Modi meets Prachanda in India.DailyWorld.com

In 2006, Prachanda entered mainstream politics and the monarchy in Nepal was abolished. In the subsequent elections, the first after the end of monarchy, Prachanda emerged victorious and became the first Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

His relationship with India has been on and off depending on the political situation in his country. Today, India sees Prachanda as a dependable leader for ensuring smooth India-Nepal relations following a briefly tense period due to the Madhesi struggle.

Source: topyaps

 

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Nepal PM Prachanda is a well known for being close to RAW

Is Nepal’s premier an Indian spy? The suggestion may sound scandalous, even libelous. But it’s an implication that has reportedly been leveled by a Nepali politician against Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.

Rishi Raj Baral, a literary expert in the Communist Party and until July the editor of Samaybadda, claims that Bhattarai, who is also a senior Maoist leader, is an agent for India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

Baral initially made the allegation in an article in the Annaporna Post in September. And Baral would, on the surface, appear to have some idea what he’s talking about. After all, he once worked for the Nepal Intelligence Department.

Baral says that Bhattarai has been propped up by India, arguing that this is why he formed a government that included all pro-India parties. He also warns of the “Sikkimization” of Nepal, and believes Maoist chief Prachanda is also a part of the Indian “plot.”

These are strong allegations, but nothing new for some Nepali politicians, who have at times used the India card to thwart Nepal’s ongoing peace process.