Q: What is the official view of CPB (MLM) on the 3rd country settlement programme of refugees?
»First of all thanks a lot for your queries. We have already published our party's official view several times on the resettlement of the refugees. Although it is crystal clear that the programme has been organized to paralyze the PW in Bhutan, headed by US imperialism along with domestic feudalism and the Indian expansionism, we have no concern if it is done on the ground of humanitarian view among the willing lots. But we strongly oppose to its unfair and coercive means practiced against the unwilling people.
Q: Just before the resettlement process began, majority of the refugees were against resettlement. But this is not the case today. Over 50,000 refugees have already applied for resettlement. Sources say refugees had hoped that your party would liberate Bhutan from the king and make Bhutan the youngest democracy. But after your party suffered split, people stopped believing in you and saw their future in western countries. Is it true? Will some refugees stay with you for the PW? If so, how many?
» You are absolutely correct that the majority of refugees were against resettlement programme in the initial stage. But, by and by, US imperialism along with its lackeys/agents compelled the refugees to fill in the forms adopting various coercive means to materialize their intrigue. But the very fact that has come up on the floor is that within this short span of time, many of the refugees in the western world are regretted for their decision. They have even suggested their kinsman not to follow their footprints since they are captivated in the claws of imperialism.
Regarding the PW, what we would like to say is that our party is the only party that has been established in the soil of Bhutan (Prior to the election drama of the govt.) and still has its base both inside and abroad. Since we consider Bhutan as the primary zone of struggle and exile only the secondary one, we don't think that the 3rd country resettlement programme will affect the PW to that extent as your question has revealed for. Anyway, good of you for sending us your queries.
Q: Why did you split? What are your strategies now?
» The split in the party took place on the ideological ground. Actually, in a true sense, it is not a split; it is a dichotomy in the party line. Had there been split, they would have formed their own party by now. But they are still clinging to our party, CPB (MLM), and spreading rumor of the split to fulfill their selfish dream. Our party has declared those vigilantes as the "Birat Clique" and has been educating the cadres against the "Birat Tendency".
Birat Clique has been declared as the wrong element since they have deviated from MLM to the Focoism. The other point of dichotomy is that they accept party manifesto, constitution, programme and policy propounded by G.S., Com. Vikalpa, they even don't have disagreement with the Vikalpa's analysis and synthesis on the national and the world situation, but they only wanted to replace Vikalpa to fulfill their parochial outlook. In addition, the clique has been indulged in several unfair means to demoralize the PW to serve its guardian deities (Domestic feudalism, Indian expansionism and the US imperialism).
These days they again claim of being Marxist-Leninist-Maoist to eyewash and regain support of the masses. They have started saying Focoism only their tactic. If it is so, we don't see any reason to split in the past. But they were very rigid in the military tactic in the past. They were in favor of single tactical line all over the country just like strategy. Since they received severe set back on this line, they are again back to MLM but are again unwilling to accept and confess their mistake. Hence, the political and military superiority of the mainstream over the Birat Clique has been clearly manifested by the above facts.
These days the main conspirators of the so called Birat clique have been appealing for their security in the office of CMC, UNHCR, IOM and Nepal government stating that they are threatened to life by Com. Vikalpa and CPB (MLM), which is an absolutely false story created by them to infiltrate in the 3rd country resettle programme for their safe landing. In fact, they are not in the true sense interested to struggle for the liberation of the Bhutanese people but have come to manipulate the party and the revolution in the interest of the main enemy, ie. Domestic feudalism, Indian expansionism and US imperialism.
Q: It seems that most refugee youths will resettle in the western countries. What will be your party's fate then?
» The settlement of some of the refugee youths in the western world will not do much harm to our party. It is already mentioned above that the base of CPB (MLM) is not exile but in the soil of Bhutan. The primary zone of struggle too, is Bhutan and not the refugee camps. We have considered camps as the helping zone of the protracted PW.
Q: It is said that it is difficult to wage PW in Bhutan due to the heavy presence of Indian Army. Is it due to this reason that you failed to wage PW in Bhutan?
» The presence of Indian army is not less than double of that of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) in Bhutan. But it is not the hindrance rather source of power and inspiration to wage the Great PW in our own peculiarity. If it would be the magical weapon to avoid PW, there would have not been any incident of PW in the Indian Territory. CPB (MLM) has already initiated the Great PW in the soil of Bhutan since 04/06/2008. Our party has also offended second time on 28/06/2008, revealing the death casualties of 3 security men, 3 severely injured as the continuation of the Great PW. At present, we are preparing to carry out the struggle from the further higher plane.
Q: What is your relationship with CPN (Maoist)?
» Since we have ideological affinity, i.e. Maoism, we consider CPN (Maoist) as the source of inspiration. Not only we, but the world community has given and taken many valuable experiences from the great PW in Nepal. Except ideological affinity, we don't have any other kind of relationship with them.
The End.
(This interview was given by Com. Vikalpa, the founding G.S. of the Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) last year in a journal, which comes out in Nepal. It has again been published in our site adding a few sentences in the matter of the 3rd question's reply as a separate paragraph to cope with the present situation.)
