Indian Maoists refuse to draw lesson from Nepal

Dismissing the suggestions from mainstream Indian communist parties, a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) has said his party would never follow the example of Maoists in Nepal and come into open politics.

"We will never follow the example of Maoists in Nepal and fight elections," Associated Press quoted Srinivas, a central committee member of the CPI (Maoist), as saying.

Talking to reporters Wednesday outside a court in southern India where he was on trial for his alleged role in the assassination of a former state government minister, Srinivas said, "We believe in capturing power through armed struggle."

The Indian Maoists also known as Naxalites are waging armed struggle in states like Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Andra Pradesh. Their relation with Nepali Maoists went sour after the latter joined the peace process two years back. The link between the two parties is believed to have broken since then.

Commenting on the success of the CPN-Maoist in the April 10 constituent assembly elections, leaders of Indian mainstream communist parties had recently suggested the Naxalites to draw positive lessons from Nepal. nepalnews.com mk Apr 24 08