KRISHNA ACHARYA
PALUNGTAR, NOV 22 -
Had the Maoist extended plenum not taken place at Palungtar, this mother would never have come to know the whereabouts of her son who had gone missing during the insurgency.
Samundra Kumari Gandarva had separated from her son, Bikash, a decade ago when he joined the Maoists at a tender age of 14. Five years into the insurgency, Bikash was killed in a battle at Jhowapokhari in Bhojpur district with the Armed Police Force.
Until two days ago, Samundra Kumari believed her son was alive, still a Maoist soldier or a cadre based in some part of the country. After the war ended and there was no mention of Bikash’s name in the Maoist list of martyrs or missing persons, she presumed that her son was held up with some pressing party works and that the mother and son reunion would take place one day.
Her hopes were shattered when a former Maoist soldier attending the plenum coincidentally asked to live as a guest during the plenum broke the bad news about Bikash’s death.
“Why was I kept in the dark for so long?” wailed the mother. “Many times in the past I asked about my son’s condition but the Maoists never said anything.”
Arjun Limbu, a former Maoist soldier who fought alongside Bikash at the Jhowapokhari battle, said Bikash had taken bullets on his chest and stomach, killing him on the spot.
Posted on: 2010-11-23 08:26
Had the Maoist extended plenum not taken place at Palungtar, this mother would never have come to know the whereabouts of her son who had gone missing during the insurgency.
Samundra Kumari Gandarva had separated from her son, Bikash, a decade ago when he joined the Maoists at a tender age of 14. Five years into the insurgency, Bikash was killed in a battle at Jhowapokhari in Bhojpur district with the Armed Police Force.
Until two days ago, Samundra Kumari believed her son was alive, still a Maoist soldier or a cadre based in some part of the country. After the war ended and there was no mention of Bikash’s name in the Maoist list of martyrs or missing persons, she presumed that her son was held up with some pressing party works and that the mother and son reunion would take place one day.
Her hopes were shattered when a former Maoist soldier attending the plenum coincidentally asked to live as a guest during the plenum broke the bad news about Bikash’s death.
“Why was I kept in the dark for so long?” wailed the mother. “Many times in the past I asked about my son’s condition but the Maoists never said anything.”
Arjun Limbu, a former Maoist soldier who fought alongside Bikash at the Jhowapokhari battle, said Bikash had taken bullets on his chest and stomach, killing him on the spot.
Posted on: 2010-11-23 08:26
Deceased Maoist cadre declared martyr after six years
PALUNGTAR (GORKHA), NOV 27 -
The UCPN (Maoist) on Saturday declared one of its cadres, who was killed six years ago during the conflict period, a martyr.
The party’s Central Committee (CC) meeting held today morning declared Bikash Gandarva a national martyr.
Gandarva, who was involved in the Maoist’s war since 1999, was killed in a clash at Bhojpur in 2004.
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