In another very important section, the Publication has discussed achievements and weakness of the Party work in the past one year, and has drawn conclusion that the foundation in order to advance in the strategic offensives against the enemy has been built up. On the basis of the specific context of Nepal and in the present international situation, the Publication has presented an explanation of the strategic offensive and with a certain political and military target, it has also lay out a first plan of strategic offensive.

In order to achieve a targeted aims, the Publication has stressed on developing resistance on the leadership of the Unified and Centralised Leadership to the level of Party, People's Liberation Army, United People's Revolutionary Council, various National and Regional Autonomous Governments, different fronts, departments, and broad masses of people. Similarly, in the new plan, keeping attention on the skill of the People's Liberation Army, the state of means, resources and qualitative growth on number and the necessity of strategic offensives, the formation of the PLA has been developed three Divisions with the formation of Central Division in addition to Eastern and Western Divisions. Hence, the regular force of the PLA has been organised on three Divisions, 9 Brigades and 29 Battalions. Similarly, it is also decided that altogether one hundred thousand (100,000) people's militias will also be organised under the formation of Company under the Districts and Regional Headquarters. Finally, the new plan has also clarified an aim to provide a military training on defensive and offensives to the broad masses of the people to fight a Tunnel War against foreign interventions.

CPN (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda

Excerpt from Statement of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Issued on 31 August 2004