Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the peace and security situation of the country is “not very good” so as to hold the election to Constituent Assembly (CA) in a “peaceful and fearless” manner.
Speaking at an interaction programme organised by Sanchar Prathisthan Nepal, a media advocacy group in the capital Friday, Deuba said as various armed groups are inciting more violence and unrest in terai and that in the hills the Maoists have again started to give continuity to their acts of intimidation there is “not the kind of peace and security situation that is needed for holding the election”
He said that only after the Maoists stops these sorts of activities that the CA election could be held peacefully and in a fearless environment.
Stressing on the need to address the demands of all the agitating ethnic communities, Deuba made it clear that NC-D would not give protection to “those elements who are intent on inviting autocracy”.
Meanwhile, CPN-Maoists in Kapilvastu district has returned the house and land properties of 27 people which they had seized during the time of armed conflict, stated a release issued by Maoist district in charge of Kapilvastu Sanjiv Kumar.
“As per the agreement and understanding reached with the government and political parties for establishing permanent peace in the country, the house and land property that had been seized earlier has been returned to their rightful owners,” states the release.
It further said that the party would gradually return the lands of other people that remains with them, but made it clear that the lands of the “royalists” would for now be with the party.