On/Off the record
By P.R. Pradhan
In principle, the Nepali communists follow the ideologies formulated by Marx, Lenin and Mao. In practice, they are following feudal and autocratic behavior. Especially talking about the leaders of those Left parties in power enjoying luxury lifestyles. There were talks about Pushpakamal Dahal, Chairman of the Maoist Center, that he was wearing an expensive wristwatch and sleeping on a very expensive bed. In an interview, Dahal had said that he prefers non-vegetarian lunches and vegetarian dinners in the country where the majority of the population are unable to manage their two-time meals. Around ten million youths have gone abroad for dirty and dangerous j