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That is a decent article. I disagree on a few points but I will look into them later. (If you read the PCP documents, you may come across the disagreements I am talking about.) I suggest reading the Nepali and Indian Maoist Comrades documents regarding this topic as well. There is no single piece talking specifically about this so you will have to read a bunch of papers to get some paragraphs talking about it. They are available on Bannedthought. (Use VPN/Tor if you reside in India, Philippines or China.)
If you are aware about the ICL (International Communist League), you can also read its statements and the criticisms regarding it. (Available on Bannedthought) The ICL is a primarily Gonzaloite "Communist International" and they have been criticized by the CPI(M) and the RCPN on many points which I suggest giving a read as well.
I suggest reading the documents published by the PCP first to get a proper overall idea instead of reading the criticisms first.
And I will assert here that a fair criticism must be made. The PCP certainly had many errors and these have been talked about by the Nepali Maoists and the CPI(M) however bad faith and logically fallacious slandering as done by a few individuals in this thread has a very negative effect.
Edit 1: I will edit and append links to documents which specifically talk about criticisms of the PCP if I come across them later.