Bhairahawa, Jan. 12: President of the Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD) Bal Krishna Khand has accused Nepali Congress opresident Girija Prasad Koirala of sending Maoists back to the jungles by rendering the talks between the Sher Bahadur Deuba government and the Maoists a failure.

Addressing a gathering organised by the Nepal Students Union (NSU) Rupandehi, Dal President Khand said Koirala created trouble for the talks by suggesting that the government ‘press ahead with the talks fearlessly or else use force’, besides trying to entice the Maoists during the government-Maoist talks.

Khand also labelled Koirala anti-national for harming nationalism by entering into a treaty on Tanakpur without informing anyone.

Koirala also made efforts to bring the army and the King into controversy, he added.

At the function presided over by NSU district president Deepak Poudel, various other speakers including Nepali Congress-Democratic district president Shailendra Kumar Adhikari and Prakash Dhakal also expressed their views.