Political impasse takes Nepal to brink Nov 18, 2009
The reference to Afghanistan was made by Baburam Bhattarai, a Maoist leader who was finance minister in the government headed by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda. After being. (Asia Times Online)
Nepal beset by chaos and conjecture Sep 23, 2009
The chairman (and former prime minister) Prachanda and his deputy Baburam Bhattarai have begun arguing that a final push is needed to wipe out the remnants of feudalism associated with the monarchy, which was abolished in May 2008 ... The police briefly detained the protestors, including the daughter of Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai. (Asia Times Online)
Nepal's obstacles to peace Aug 28, 2009
The sensitive issue of arms had become a major sticking point between the two sides, prompting Maoist deputy leader Baburam Bhattarai to declare on Monday that the peace process might collapse. Breakthrough. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Nepal's king reflects beyond the throne Jul 21, 2009
Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai also dragged India into the scene by urging New Delhi to stop cooperating with the "illegitimate government" of Nepal. Bhattarai often talks about a conspiracy to dissolve the assembly, elected in April 2008, in order to impose emergency rule by the president. (Asia Times Online)
Excerpts: Nepal PM's interview May 31, 2009
Q: Senior Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai said in an interview with us that the peace process and constitutional process have both been derailed. What do you do now. (BBC News)
Backward step May 5, 2009
"The government is committed to establish civilian supremacy over the army and we are ready to quit if that doesn't happen," said Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, a senior Maoist leader. Given this objective, what happens next. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Nepal PM Prachanda quits May 5, 2009
Even though Mr Prachanda did not refer to India by name, his colleague Baburam Bhattarai, the finance minister in the outgoing Cabinet, was more hard-line blaming Indian bureaucrats for committing an enormous blunder. India supported the army and the president in their unconstitutional acts against democratic forces, Mr Bhattarai told an agency. (India Times)
Is India to blame in any way for the fall of Nepal's Maoist govt? May 5, 2009
While Prachanda is unlikely to rejoin a UML-led cabinet, Maoist Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai said his party could extend support or even join the new government if it rectified the unconstitutional measures taken by the president. These would include freshly dismissing the army chief, who was reinstated by the president last night, and also removing the president. (India Times, India)
Maoists isolated over army chief Apr 28, 2009
Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, who is one of Prachanda's senior deputies, went to the extent of issuing a threat that the Maoists would quit the government if they were not allowed to sack the army chief. This is a loaded threat to indicate that they would re-start their armed insurgency. (Asia Times Online)
Nepal under Maoism: War without bloodshed Mar 28, 2009
The Maoist finance minister, Baburam Bhattarai, promised lots of handouts for the poor. But by making it easier for people to pay income tax, and threatening retribution to those who will not, he has also, he says, boosted the government s revenues by 38. (The Economist)
Maoists see red in Nepal Feb 11, 2009
Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai and Prachanda's senior colleague, is behind an apparent hair-raising plan to exacerbate the political uncertainty so that the Maoists can seize the state amid chaos and confusion. Bhattarai's elaborate scheme was printed in Nepali language daily Nayaa Patrikaa on January 30. (Asia Times Online)
