Maoists cautiously welcome UML roadmap

January 15, 2004
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The Maoists has cautiously welcomed the roadmap recently made public by the CPN-UML saying it was one step forward in the democratic movement.

It has, however, expressed suspicions that it might be a move to scale down the growing demand for republic by youths and students, the Kathmandu Post said Thursday.

“We have expected that the next move of the CPN-UML will be towards making the constitution through constituent assembly elections,” Maoist leader Babu Ram Bhattarai told Janadesh in an interview.

“However, the UML leaders are not yet clear regarding the formulation of the new constitution,” said Bhattari.

It may be noted that the Janadesh is the Maoist mouthpiece.