Responding to a call from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, the CPN (Maoist) has said that it does not have policy to take physical actions against political workers and election candidates but insisted that its “resistance” against opponents is part of the regular job.

“Our party’s attention has been seriously drawn over the statement issued by the OHCHR,” Maoist spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara said in a statement Thursday, adding, “In this context, our party makes clear that we do not have a policy to target innocent persons, political workers or election candidates.”

The Maoist spokesman didn’t say anything categorically that the attacks on election candidates and other unarmed persons would come to an end.

Actions against adversaries were the continuation of the regular activities of the party, he insisted.

Mahara further said his party was ready to investigate the cases of victimization of innocent people and informed that some of the cases were being investigated.

Head of OHCHR Nepal, Ian Martin, had in a statement early this week sought clarification over their earlier commitment not to target political activists and other unarmed persons. His statement came in the wake of series of physical attacks and life threats issued by the Maoists to the candidates of the February 8 elections.