CPN UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal
CPN UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that increasing “highhandedness” on the part of Maoist cadres could jeopardise the unity of the seven parties.

“The unity of the seven parties could be seriously affected if the Maoist highhandedness continues. The Maoist leadership must do something about it,” Nepal told reporters after meeting Nepali Congress leader and former state minister Dilendra Badu, who has been undergoing treatment at the TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj after being attacked by Maoist cadres in Darchula Tuesday.

He added, “People are fed up of Maoist activities. This sort of attack [on NC leader] casts serous doubt of their sincerity.”

Speaking further, the UML general secretary defended yesterday’s police raids at the Young Communist League’s offices in Kathmandu Valley. “Those raids were well within the authority of the state,” he said.

He also criticised the Maoist party for reviving the United Revolutionary People’s Council, the Maoist ‘parallel government’, which was dissolved after the peace agreement.

“The revival of the council is a violation of the comprehensive peace agreement,” Nepal said. nepalnews.com mk Feb 07 08