Mohan Vaidya, who was elected as the general secretary at the general convention held in the last week of Mangsir, 2061, has handed over the post to senior leader CP Gajurel. He has been suffering from asthma for a long time and has handed over the post to Gajurel due to health reasons. He had given Gajurel the responsibility of acting general secretary 10 months ago.

In the Central Committee meeting held this week, Vaidya had decided to step down as General Secretary. ‘The General Secretary post has been handed over due to health reasons.’ He will remain as the party’s guardian and guide,’ said General Secretary Gajurel. ‘It has been decided to form a special committee with him (Vaidya) as the coordinator.’

Known as a Marxist aesthetician, he has published dozens of books. In philosophy and literature, he is known by the name ‘Chaitanya’. Known as ‘Kiran’ in the party, he has still not abandoned the policy of ‘people’s rebellion.’ The general convention of the Revolutionary Communist Party led by Vaidya in 2081 Mangsir gave continuity to the line of people’s rebellion.

‘From the midst of mass struggle and mass resistance, we must move forward in the direction of continuous revolution under the leadership of the proletariat and the dictatorship of the proletariat,’ the document passed by Vaidya’s general convention states, ‘in this way, we must move forward on the path of establishing a new democratic state.’

Vaidya had been dissenting after the Maoists entered the peace process. After the militants were integrated, he split the party, saying that ‘the Maoists had surrendered’. After the Maoists entered the mainstream, Vaidya had taken a different policy, saying that they were playing for power.

In the Balaju extended meeting in Kathmandu in August 2006, Mohan Vaidya had expressed a different opinion against the then Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, including the ‘line of action of mass rebellion’. Vaidya’s dissenting opinion, which was in the majority in the Central Committee at that time, forced Dahal to bow down. Dahal also agreed with Baidya's policy and agreed with the policy of popular rebellion. But he had been publicly saying that he was in favor of peace and constitution-making. That extended meeting had passed the policy of 'people's constitution from the Constituent Assembly and rebellion in internal strategy'.

Baidya's influence remained strong throughout his time in the Maoists. In 2065, Baidya's side passed the then line of action to establish a people's republic through popular rebellion. At that time, Dahal, whether he wanted to or not, agreed with the policy of moving from popular rebellion to people's republic. The then Vice-Chairman Baburam Bhattarai disagreed with the policy of popular rebellion.

In 2067, at the extended meeting of the Maoists in Palungtar, Gorkha, the Vice-Chairman duo Baidya and Bhattarai had written different opinions against Chairman Dahal's proposal. In that meeting, too, the policy of Dahal and Vaidya was approved and it was decided to prepare the basis for the rebellion. But even though Vaidya was dissatisfied with Dahal's desire to lead a peaceful path at that time, the people's rebellion could not start.

After the integration process of the fighters in 28 camps in different parts of the country progressed, Vaidya concluded that the Maoists were moving towards the path of 'surrender'. Continuing the internal struggle within the party, he rebelled in Asad 2069 and formed a party called Revolutionary Maoists. After 13 years since he separated from the Maoists with the policy of people's rebellion, Vaidya has not been able to ignite the spark of rebellion.

Although he was one of the strategists of the armed war, he always stood against the peaceful line of action. Although he was a member of the Constituent Assembly elections in 2064, he resigned after a while. Even while remaining in the Maoists, he never fell in love with power.

While the Maoists were at war, Vaidya was arrested in Siliguri, India in 2060. After the Maoists entered peaceful politics, he was released in 2065 and returned home. But he still has not abandoned the line of seizing state power through force and waging a new democratic revolution.

After the split in the CPN Mashal in 2042, the CPN Mashal was formed under the leadership of Vaidya and the CPN Mashal was formed under the leadership of Mohan Bikram Singh. Vaidya was the leader of the Moto Mashal, which had adopted the policy of waging an armed people's war and had even started preparations. Under the leadership of Vaidya, in 2044, the CPN Mashal attacked the police station in Kathmandu and pasted posters.

The government arrested dozens of Mashal cadres and severely tortured them. After Vaidya resigned as General Secretary, taking responsibility for this, the current Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' was elected as the General Secretary. After Dahal (Prachanda) was elected as the General Secretary of the 2045 NCP Mashal Conference, Baidya left the leadership.

The first training on people's war was held in Gorkha Siran Chowk under Baidya's leadership in 2045. While Baidya was preparing to start the people's war in 2045, the people's war was postponed because the people's movement started. After Baidya defected, the 'people's war' started in 2052 and lasted for 10 years.