The coordinator of the Maoists’ talks team, Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that the Maoists would not just lay down arms but would go to the extent of destroying all their weapons if the political forces of Nepal would agree on setting up a republican state.

The coordinator of the Maoists? talks team, Krishna Bahadur Mahara (File photo)

The coordinator of the Maoists’ talks team, Krishna Bahadur Mahara (File photo)
While inaugurating the Ex-Army Republican Front of Nepal Ex-Army Society on Saturday, Mahara, who is also the spokesman of the party said the political parties did not seem willing to go ahead as per the previous 12-point understanding but were indulging in snowballing the issue of weapons management as a great thing, which he said is not a difficult issue to settle.

People’s Liberation Army is ready to stay temporarily in the camps under the supervision of United Nations, he said.

Central leader of the Maoists Devendra Poudel (Photo source : parewa.com)

Central leader of the Maoists Devendra Poudel (Photo source : parewa.com)
He clarified that though his party would accept the arrival of the civilians from United Nations, it would never agree to the presence of UN peacekeeping force in Nepal.

However speaking at a programme in Chitwan, central leader of the Maoists, Devendra Poudel, said that the Maoists would not hand over their arms to the imperialists at any cost.

Inaugurating a two-month republican campaign of the party at Basantapur of Madi, Chitwan, Poudel said, “Arms management should begin with the management of big weapons.”