By Nepal News Correspondent

Kathmandu, Oct 9:
All political parties agreed that efforts should be made to bring about early solution to the present problem created by Maoist insurgency.

In an interaction programme organized by Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu today, leaders of different political parties said that multi-pronged approach had to be taken to solve the more than 4 years-long problem created by Maoist insurgency.

Minister for Education Yog Prasad Upadhyay, who is also looking after the portfolios of Prime Minister, said that the Maoist problem is not as complicated and serious as media has portrayed it. However, he accepted that Maoist insurgency is growing in the country and said that it has to be controlled to protect the life and property of the people.

Upadhyay hinted that the problem was created because of the aberrations and distortion in our political system and among politicians. “ The activities of leaders are partly responsible of the Maoist problem,” he said.

“ Leaders speak sweet and popular things when they deliver speech but fail to accomplish what they say in public”, he said. “ This is the reason for the growing problems of the country,” said Minister Upadhyay.

He also urged Maoists to come into the political mainstream of the country.

Madhav Kumar Nepal of CPN-UML and Pashupati Sumsher Rana of RPP claimed that the problem was created because of the inaction of the government and said that multi-pronged approach had to be applied to solve the Maoist problem.

Narayan Man Bijukchhe of Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party, Lila Mani Pokhrel of United People’s Front, Pari Thapa of National People’s Front and Radha Krishna Mainali of CPN-ML described the Maoist insurgency as a political problem and asked the government to solve the issue politically.