Maoists decry Indian comment

October 9, 2001
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For the first time Maoists decried an Indian official comment calling them terrorists. The description is  a “conspiracy against the Nepali people,” party strongman Prachanda said in a statement Monday.

Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh called the insurgents terrorists in a statement aired by Doordarshan. Singh also expressed personal Indian government support for King Gyanendra as the rebels press for a republic in Nepal.