NEPALGUNJ, Oct 17- Just as rebel leaders are calling to reveal the whereabouts of their captured colleagues, General Secretary of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala has also called on the Maoists to reveal the whereabouts of captured Nepali Congress activists.

Speaking to The Kathmandu Post on Tuesday, Koirala said: “The government has not laid any precondition to hold talks with them (Maoists). Maoists also should do the same if they are really interested for dialogues with the government.”

Koirala, who is also a member of the High Level Recommen-dation Committee for Resolution of Maoist Problem, said, “Maoists are searching for their cadre. They should also make public the whereabouts of some 200 to 300 abducted NC cadre.”

Chairman of the committee and former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, issuing a press statement on Sunday, stated that the Maoists were ready to hold talks, putting all their activities to a stop, if whereabouts of their colleagues, including Dinesh Sharma, was made public.

However, a statement issued by General Secretary of the Maoists Comrade Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal) on Monday stated that in addition to the whereabouts of their comrades, the government should immediately stop state-sponsored terrorism before holding talks with them.