However, the Maoists’ reject the government version.

November 8, 2000
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They say that the manner the government produced Dinesh Sharma through the idiot box for public consumption and squeezed him to talk on the lines as dictated by the establishment only hinted at the fact that the regime was not at all interested in “continuing the talks” aimed at arriving at a solution to this issue.

The Maoists’ have point blank stated that “possibilities of talks with the government have totally been capped due to the government’s ‘skill less drama’ staged last Friday.

Issuing a statement Saturday, Prachanda, the Maoists supremo, has scathingly criticized the Koirala government for having disturbed the atmosphere of the talks between the two warring rivals.

Surprisingly, most of the major political actors in the country have condemned the government’s “ childish trick” applied in the case of Dinesh Sharma wherein the establishment apparently forced the latter to defect from the mother organization.

However, the top hats in the government reject the theory of having forced Sharma in renouncing the Maoists’ party for good.

The sudden change in the mood in both the camps after the Friday episode, a sense of fear and panic has gripped the national population as both camps have vowed to retaliate in their own manner and capacities.

The deputy Prime Minister has already talked of the mobilization of the Army personnel to quell the Maoists’ possible threat in the aftermath of the Friday saga, the Maoists have already hit the police post in Ramechhap and rumors have it that the insurgents were planning for a major attack in the country very soon.

In the meanwhile, the mediator in the government-Maoists’ talks P.R.Tuladhar has said that if the Military steps in to control the Maoists’ threat, it would in all likelihood invite a sort of civil war in the otherwise peaceful nation.

Be that as it may, contradictory reports are trickling in regarding the whereabouts of Dinesh Sharma after being freed by the regime last Friday evening. Some say that by 9 PM, the same evening Sharma had already been in contact with Comrade Prachanda. Others say that Sharma has yet to reach to his final destination.

The intriguing part of the story is that the Maoists too have not stated yet the whereabouts of their old comrade who spent eleven months in police custody.

All in all, the days ahead are definitely fraught with danger. If the military and the Maoists confront each other at various fronts (the happening of which is round the corner), the scene that it would create is simply indescribable.

Wisdom must prevail on both the sides at least in the name of the innocent population. The government and the insurgents must listen to the voices of the majority of the population and hence initiate overtures that bring peace in the country. Nepal, clearly, can’t afford such stretched war like situation. It is at such critical junctures, the need of the international community comes to one’s mind. “The friendly countries must act in favor of peace before it is too late”, opine peace loving Nepali nationals.