The main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) today submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, demanding that the government implement the past agreements including immediate return of properties seized by the Maoists during the decade-long insurgency.

NC vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel met the Prime Minister and submitted the nine-point memorandum.

Other demands in the memorandum include scrapping of the paramilitary structure of the Maoist youth wing, Young Communist League (YCL) and reconstitution of the army integration special committee on the basis of political consensus.

Receiving the memo, Prime Minister Dahal said he was serious about the issues raised by the NC and that the government would look into them, Laxman Ghimire, a member of the NC delegation, told reporters. Dahal also said the government and his party were in favour of consensus among the parties on major political issues like constitution-making and the peace process.

The NC has put forth its demands at a time when relation between the main ruling party, CPN (Maoist), has hit all time low. Of late, the Congress party has fallen out badly with the government over the composition of the army integration special committee. nepalnews.com mk Nov 09 08