General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) Madhav Kumar Nepal Saturday followed suit with other political leaders who have expressed doubts regarding the government-Maoist truce to end the seven year long communist insurgency, media reports from Janakpur said.

Nepal addressing the inaugural function of the party’s seventh general convention being held in Janakpur demanded that the Maoists should clearly spell out the modalities of the proposed constituent assembly and round table conference.

He welcomed the peace talks and said peace is what the people and the political parties had been wanting so far. Nepal however did not fall behind to express doubts regarding the recent political development.

He maintained that the ceasefire that was called without consulting the political parties left ample room to doubt whether the Maoists and the palace were trying to single out other political forces in the country.

Foreign delegates expressing their views at the inaugural function voiced the need to protect the achievements of the popular movement of 1990. The inaugural function was held under the chairmanship of UML Standing Committee Sahana Pradhan.

President of the Nepali Congress (democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba addressing the function hoped that the UML seventh general convention being held at a crucial political juncture would be able to come up with concrete results.

Nepali Congress General Secretary Sushil Koirala claimed that the ceasefire was announced after the Maoists and the King held talks for hours at the Royal Palace. The Palace however has already refuted the news that the King had held discussions with the Maoists to pave the way for the peace talks.