UCPN (Maoist) vice chairman Baburam Bhattarai has received death threat from a member of labour union affiliated to his own party.
Party cadres and security guards heard Janak Gadtaula, a central member in the dissolved labour union headed by Shalikram Jammar Kattel and a bouncer at Casino Tara in Hotel Hyatt, saying ‘we need to finish vice chairman Baburam in a few days’ at party headquarters Paris Danda, on Monday.
Maoist members present at the headquarters at the time of the incident say, they also heard Gadtaula instructing his supporters to come in motorcycles and vans to ‘finish Baburam.’
Gadtaula had gone with about two dozen friends to the party headquarters to pressure the leadership for releasing their peer Kuldip Rai, chairman of the Maoist labour union at Casino Anna, arrested on several charges few days ago.
The guards and the party members close to Bhattarai informed Bhattarai of the overheard talks immediately. Bhattarai then called home minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara and party general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa and informed them about the incident.
He also informed chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal about the incident soon after he returned from Bangkok. Bhattarai told them, people who can threaten me today can also threaten you tomorrow; people with criminal mentality in the party should be punished.
Gadtaula is considered a labour union leader close to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Labour union members close to Dahal have blamed Baburam Bhattarai for Rai’s arrest.
There is serious dispute among three factions of labour unions in UCPN (Maoist). The labour union leaders had formed three parallel bodies few days ago. The party headquarters has dissolved all three bodies and has decided to call a national convention to elect a new central committee.
Gadtaula denied charges against him. He conceded he called his supporters at the party headquarters, but said that was for pressuring the party leadership to release Rai.
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| Dr Baburam Bhattarai |
Maoist members present at the headquarters at the time of the incident say, they also heard Gadtaula instructing his supporters to come in motorcycles and vans to ‘finish Baburam.’
Gadtaula had gone with about two dozen friends to the party headquarters to pressure the leadership for releasing their peer Kuldip Rai, chairman of the Maoist labour union at Casino Anna, arrested on several charges few days ago.
The guards and the party members close to Bhattarai informed Bhattarai of the overheard talks immediately. Bhattarai then called home minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara and party general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa and informed them about the incident.
He also informed chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal about the incident soon after he returned from Bangkok. Bhattarai told them, people who can threaten me today can also threaten you tomorrow; people with criminal mentality in the party should be punished.
Gadtaula is considered a labour union leader close to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Labour union members close to Dahal have blamed Baburam Bhattarai for Rai’s arrest.
There is serious dispute among three factions of labour unions in UCPN (Maoist). The labour union leaders had formed three parallel bodies few days ago. The party headquarters has dissolved all three bodies and has decided to call a national convention to elect a new central committee.
Gadtaula denied charges against him. He conceded he called his supporters at the party headquarters, but said that was for pressuring the party leadership to release Rai.
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