15 November, Kathmandu. It was 11 Baisakh afternoon, in the future earlier than the 072 Great Earthquake. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was visiting Prachanda residence with unusual curiosity. Prachanda requested some journalists current, ‘How is CK Raut?’
The identical sort of secret was expressed about Prachanda at one time, he expressed the identical secret about CK Raut at the moment. Prachanda, who got here to battle armed struggle, requested this about Raut, who was launched solely the day earlier than after being detained for demanding the partition of the nation.
During these intervening years, CK Raut ‘modified his course’. Dropped the demand to divide the nation. Instead, he opened the Janmat Party and raised the agenda of the farmers. Raut took up such agendas, which have been as soon as raised by Prachanda’s Maoists.
Prachanda additionally modified so much within the meantime. He moved from Lazimpat to Khumaltar. From the Maoists, he joined the UML and got here to an alliance with the Congress by the CPN.
But these two leaders haven’t spoken head to head thus far. CK Raut, who defeated Madhes’ prime chief Upendra Yadav by a large margin in Saptari 2, reached Kathmandu right now on Thursday and reached Prachanda’s residence in Khumaltar and stated, ‘You fought the struggle with the facility of Maoist ideology and got here to peace. Seeing your contribution impressed me to hitch politics.’
Prachanda Makkh Parihale. He checked out CK and stated at the start, ‘You got here and did effectively. I assumed you have been leaning in direction of Oli.’
Then the laughter began.
CK stated that Prachanda’s self-governance and identification politics influenced him. ‘You made the oppressed consider that their authorities will come,’ CK stated whereas Prachanda shook his head. He replied, ‘But I’m not glad if you convey up the difficulty of the division of the nation.’
‘That was stated a bit of extra when the youth was misplaced in ardour. In explicit, the extent of repression that the state did in Madhesh compelled me to consider it. But that is not the case now,’ stated CK.
After assembly Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prachanda provided to cooperate with CK who reached Khumaltar. According to Prachanda’s private secretary Ramesh Malla, the 2 leaders had a dialog for half an hour. CK additionally met Prachanda’s household and made a double acquaintance.