After drawing a lot of criticism from all fronts, President of the underground Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), Puspa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda announced Wednesday that his party was ready to declare a ceasefire and come forward for peace talks.
Prachanda’s call for ceasefire has come in the aftermath of the carnage in Sindhuli and Sandikharka districts that claimed 117 lives of security personnel and a close to 200 lives of the Maoists.
“We are ready for a ceasefire and subsequent peace talks if the authorities are ready to find a peaceful and positive political passage to the existing crisis,” Prachanda has stated in a press release.