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Nepal – Maoist Leaders Wooing Cadres Ahead of Plenum
Post Bahadur Basnet
Kathmandu, Nov.9: With the fifth party plenum fast approaching, Unified Communist Party Nepal – Maoist , (UCPN (Maoist), leaders have intensified their forays into districts outside Kathmandu to woo party cadres toward their respective factions.
The second and third rung of leaders loyal to each of the three Maoist factions have become busy holding functions and meeting cadres in districts to win their support during the jumbo party plenum that will begin November 21 in Gorkha district.
The Maoist party is vertically divided into three factions led by Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya and Vice-chairman Br. Baburam Bhattarai, respectively.
