A senior Maoist leader has slammed the government for conducting police raids at the central office of Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL).

Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
The Maoist number two Dr. Baburam Bhattarai told Nepal FM, Thursday morning, that the action was unwarranted.

He also termed the YCL attack against Nepali Congress (NC) activists including former minister Dilendra Badu, in Darchula, as ‘exception.’ “At a time when we are going through such a big change, small jolts like these should be expected. But we will investigate what had happened there,” he said.

Reports had said that the government had ordered the police to raid the YCL office following YCL attack against Badu and his team – who were later brought to Kathmandu hospital for treatment.

On Wednesday evening, police had raided central office of YCL in Balaju, which triggered clashes between policemen and YCL cadres. Police even had to resort to firing tear gas shells. The YCL cadres took out protest rallies in Kalanki, Sorhakhutte, Koteshwore, Old Baneshwore, Gwarko and Chabahil.

The tension had later subsided after the police withdrew from the YCL office.

Meanwhile, Dr. Bhattarai also defended the revival of peoples’ revolutionary councils across the country. “These units have been revived to help in the election of Constituent Assembly (CA),” Dr. Bhattarai claimed.

He also rejected accusations that the Maoists had resurrected the ‘parallel government’ in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).

“These are not parallel government units. Concerted efforts are being made to portray them as parallel government units, which they are not,” he said. nepalnews.com sd Feb 07 08