The Maoist armed rebellion that began in Rolpa and Rukum in western Nepal on February 1, 2052, was passing a year . The armed movement in the name of 'people's war' was intensifying, saying that the parliamentary system would not benefit the country and the people. The loss of property and lives was staggering . The Maoists had been increasing their attacks on police posts and killing security personnel, killing people's representatives and ordinary people in the name of information, vandalizing and arson of government property .

The government had intensified its crackdown on Maoist leaders, cadres and supporters . The general public was terrified of what kind of incident would happen at any time and in any place across the country  and the news of whose death would come . Western Nepal was the most terrified . Since the armed rebellion had started from there, the security of life and property was becoming a kind of challenge . Unarmed ordinary people were losing their lives due to the attacks of the state and the rebels .

The government, however, had not been able to manage the conflict . The government had adopted a policy that could be fixed only through repression rather than maintaining peace and security. While the Maoists had adopted the theoretical path of state capture by overthrowing not only the government but also the parliamentary system, the government had not been able to find strategic measures to reduce the rebellion. The Maoists had announced a policy of capturing not the government but the state itself.

The Maoists were encouraging the general public to join the rebellion to implement their policy. In that context, the then vice-chairman of the United People's Front Nepal (Baburam Bhattarai) group, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, called on people to participate in the 'great destruction and great construction' (Maoist language) through a statement made public on Magh 24, 2052. His statement said, ‘Let us join the ‘Martyr Campaign’ with great courage and determination to build a beautiful future and face today’s difficult situation.’

His statement could be understood as inspiring the general public to join the war and even choose the path of death if necessary. He had mentioned in the statement that only the liberation movement could make Nepal beautiful by saying that it should burn like fire against the state.

According to the information provided by the Maoist Western Bureau, in the year since the armed rebellion began, 61 people were killed and 983 were arrested in Western Nepal alone. According to the bureau, 189 people were claimed to have been imprisoned by the government during this period. The Maoists had said that only 26 of the people killed by the government were members of their organization.

The Maoists claimed that 7 people directly involved in the military organization, 6 people involved in the political organization, 4 elected representatives and 3 people involved in the auxiliary organization were killed. The state side had made public the figures of 30 ordinary supporters of the war and 5 well-wishers. The Maoists' Western Bureau had strongly condemned the government for inhuman and cruel torture of unarmed civilians. The bureau had made public the details of the police's involvement in looting, depicting the repression carried out by them.

Where and how did the repression take place?

The Maoists took the Rolpa Mirul incident in 2052 Mangsir during the war waged by the government in the west. In the incident that took place on Mangsir 2, the Maoists claimed that they had taken the locals out of their homes and shot at the post, killing 5 people. Similarly, on Mangsir 18, it was reported that people working in the fields in Chaitelekh Changaira of Rolpa and those working in the barn in Mirul Praja were shot dead. Similarly, on Poush 28 and Magh 5, the Maoists claimed that Pun Bahadur Roka, a member of the youth organization, was killed in the name of an encounter in Pajima of Mirul and in the forest of Thabang.

The Maoists had meanwhile made public the details of their leaders and cadres who were killed and informed that Daulat Ram Gharti, who was killed in Dolpa, was the party commander. Gharti was the most senior Maoist among those killed till then.

Undeclared detention and public participation

The Maoists had claimed that the government had imposed an undeclared blockade in Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan and other districts. The government was heavily criticized for implementing a jungle raj in various villages of the district. The Maoists had claimed that the public participation against the government's repression was increasing, saying that widespread arrests had created fear among the citizens.

The Maoists had claimed that the government had shown a model of fake democracy in Ramechhap, Kavre, Rolpa, Sindhuli and other districts. Vice President Mahara had called for fighting for rights without relying on the reactionary government, saying that justice and truth would prevail in a statement. He had called for choosing the path of 'people's war' for rights and liberation.

The Maoists had launched a campaign to seize police weapons by attacking checkpoints during the rebellion. They had devised a strategy to attack more with the same weapons. The government had started to remove and move checkpoints from some places in western Nepal. While the armed rebellion was going on in the country, the issue of no-confidence motions against the government and the change of prime minister was constantly going on. When the Maoists were engaged in armed rebellion against the parliamentary system, the government's activities seemed to be raising questions about the system itself.

Activities such as kidnapping MPs, sending MPs and ministers abroad in the name of treatment to make the no-confidence motion fail, offering financial and positional incentives, and repeatedly bringing no-confidence motions were taking place. The government was being defamed by the tendency for the opposition to come to power at any cost and the ruling party to remain in office. At the same time, the expansion of the Maoist organization had reached a standstill.