After traversing through many vicissitudes and upheavels the great People's War led by Communist Party of
Nepal (Maoist) has been advancing towards the third and higher stage of
strategic offensive. The transition period i.e. from strategic equilibrium to strategic offensive
has, as expected, been torturous but
glorious and full of political and military events.
The most noteworthy political development
of this period is the innermost response from the people to the Party and the
minimum programme forwarded by Party to bring about a
progressive democratic change in the country. This has enhanced the People's
War politically as well as militarily to move forward from the stage of
strategic equilibrium to strategic offensive.
The nationwide students'
agitation against the murderous Gyanendra clique and
the present dispensation was the direct manifestation of our Party's political
influence among the masses. Almost all the students wings of the parliamentary
parties championed the cause of Republican Democracy, openly defying their
party's (Nepali Congress, NCP (ML) and others) political stand in socalled constitutional monarchy and multi party democracy.
There has been an important change in the political scenario too during this
period of one year as India has openly come ahead to prop up the crumbling
reactionary monarchical regime and the US imperialism has confined itself to
the role of switching the main button of
this expansionist circuit.
Recently, some people close to
South Block (some of them open votary of murderous Gyanendra
Shah) organised a seminar in
It is amply clear that the
revolutionary Maoist forces in
In the military sphere, the PLA
has given a panic shock to the RNA. Hundreds of small and medium military
actions in the form of commando attacks/raids, mining/ambush, sabotage and
selected annihilation were carried out throughout the country. One of the most
daring and successful military action in the form of ambush with mining took
place in Kusum, Shumsergunj
in June 2004 where without any loss on our side
we could capture 31 modern weapons, 15 grenades and 3 pieces of bullet
proof jackets and where 24 armed police personnel were killed.
Similarly, in Kalakote
(Dang) 18 armed police personnel were gunned down and 31 SLR, 3 SMG & one
set of wakie-takie were captured. The next morning,
when a band of army of the old state was coming to rescue their trapped men,
their vehicle was ambushed in Surahi (Kapilvastu) successfully. In this incident six royal butcherers died and dozens more were injured.
In another incident when the RNA
was trying to encircle and destroy a section of PLA in Salyan
district on in July 2004 an encounter took place at Gangate
(Dhaulaghat) in which 12 RNA personnel and one armed
police were executed and 15
modern weapons were captured. It is noteworthy in this particular
incident a small band of guerillas could overcome more than 500 RNA men in a direct frontal war.
Among those captured
weapons 7 were Insas and 1 was 2" mortar.
Similarly, a successful and daring military action in the form of road mining
was executed in Dhankhola (On the border separating
Dang and Kapilvastu). This location is on the highway
and hardly five kms far from RNA barrack. Still the
PLA guerilla fighters successfully blew up the enemy vehicle and captured dozens
of modern weapons. The desperate attempts made by the RNA plane and helicopters
alongwith more than one thousands of RNA infantry
could do no harm to the PLA.
The Eastern Central Command of
the Party undertook the decision to carry the military action to boost the
morale of the people of
One of the biggest actions in the
whole period of eight
years of People's War was the action in
In one of the most daring ambush
a Lieutenant General of RNA was killed in the eastern part of highway.
Similarly a DSP was shot dead in
From the military point of view,
Dec. 2004 has been quite eventful and has illustrated the military might of PLA
against the RNA fully backed by imperialist and expansionist forces. One of the most daring action
was held in Jukena (Distt. Argakhanchi)
where a section of PLA carried out frontal attackes
on RNA. More than 2 dozen RNA personnels were executed and dozens of automatic and
semi-automatic weapons including 81 and its shells were seized. Similarly, one most daring attack took place
in Dhading District( this is
the adjoinging part of
Apart from the military blow by
the PLA, revolutionary mass and front organisations
have proved themselves as fighting fists to give public punch to the royal
military dictatorship.
The indefinite educational strike
called by All Nepal Free Student's Union (Revolutionary) spread on such a scale
than the otherwise reluctant flunkeys (so called government) of the feudal
palace were compelled to respond to the demands raised by ANFSU(R) and free two
of the student leader from the clutch of RNA.
Most impressive urban struggle
was the agitation launched by All Nepal Trade Union Federation (Revolutionary) which shook
the old state including its foreign masters. ANTUF (R) strongly demanded that
industries run by comprador and beaurocratic
bourgeois should fulfill the just demands of the workers working in their
factories and industries or face the wrath of workers. A number of high profile sasbotages including Hotel Soaltee
Oberoi and others compelled them to meet the demands
of workers. The other decision taken by
ANTUF(R) to blockade capital Kathmandu unless their
longstanding demands including the release of
the illegally detained and disappeared trade union leaders, sent chills
down the spine of the internal as well as external reactionary classes.
One of the most important tasks
accomplished in this period is the successful Plenum of the Central Committee of CPN (Maoist)
, in its base area on the 3rd week of
August 2004. The meeting adopted a political and organisational
document titled "Advance on the State of
Strategic Offensive Raising the Process of Revolutionary Transformation
to a New Height" presented by Chairman Com. Prachanda. This Plenum
remained important for far reaching implications from the ideological,
political, organisational and methodological
standpoint.
The adopted document has
accentuated on the unified initiative of the whole party for a developed and
new idealogical synthesis of Prachandpath
in
After an analytical discussion
over achievments and weaknesses of the party the document
has drawn a conclusion that the foundation in order to advance in the strategic
offensive against the enemy has been built up. The document has thoroughly
explained the process of expansionist intervention of the reactionary Indian
ruling class over Nepalese nationality, geological integrity, and economic
self-dependency as well as over political and cultural freedom. The document
has made scathing
attacks on the chieftains of the old state of Nepal for its total surrender of
national interest and sovereignty to the Indian expansionism and has called for
all the self respected and patriotic Nepalese people to stand unified against
the national capitulationism of the old state, Indian expansionist intervention
and the danger of nearing military attacks. After implementation of the new plan
presented by this document, the regular force of the PLA has been organised in three divisions, nine brigades and twentynine batallions. Similarly,
it has also been decided that altogether one hundred thousand people's militias
will be organised under the formation of company
under the district and regional headquarters.
(This report was received from the International Department of CPN (Maoist)