Amid an apparent souring of relations between the Maoists and the UNMIN over the stalled second stage verification of PLA, a deputy commander of Maoist army has said that his party is not compelled to obey UNMIN on arms and weapons management issue.

Deputy Commander of the Maoists Barsha Man Pun (Ananta) was of the view that the second phase of verification was not fair and that the verification should not be done under political Pressure.

Deputy Commander of the Maoists Barsha Man Pun (Ananta) was of the view that the second phase of verification was not fair and that the verification should not be done under political Pressure.
Speaking at a programme in Reporters’ Club, on Monday, Barsha Man Pun aka Ananta claimed that the UNMIN was transgressing its authority.

“The UNMIN only has the authority of verifying the army and determining if there are minors or not. We will not obey the UNMIN if it starts to transgress its authority and asks anarchic, irrelevant and obscene questions,” Ananta said. He said that the verification process had to be stalled for the same reason.

On Monday, UNMIN chief Ian Martin had addressed a press meet urging the Maoists to allow resumption of the second stage verification. The second stage verification has already been carried out in a camp in Ilam after which it remains stalled.