Vikalpa gets his alternative

Kathmandu, January 04: Vikalpa, literarily ‘alternative’, the general secretary of the underground outfit CPB(MLM), after much dispute among the members, has been ousted by his party coworkers. He will no more be the party member.

In a statement, Birat, who claims to be the new general secretary, said Vikalpa has been ousted seeing him an obstacle to the militant war. As the press statement terms Vikalpa as ‘so called general secretary’ the existence of the post and the person has been questioned.

The rebellion faction accused Vikalpa of being opportunist, communal and non cooperative to other members. The statement said Vikalpa’s leadership demarcated ‘between those who go to the battlefield and those who send others putting the friendly inner struggle towards rivalry in long run by the method of conspiracy and cliquey’ and flourished ‘hostility in the party faith and belief on the basis of nose (Aryan or Mongoloid)’.

The rebellion faction also accused him of being fallen the prey of extreme skepticism and called on those who support Vikalpa into their faction to lead a stronger party in unity.

The second split in the party has surfaced amidst sharp criticism from all sectors that it merely intimidated and tortured the exiled Bhutanese rather than its announced commitment to lead a war inside Bhutan.

The split has also raised questions if the party really exists inside Bhutan as has been claimed. It has reflected their ignorance to take over the responsibility of those civilians inside the country who were arrested on allegation of being associated with them. Bhutan News Service