Diktel, Feb. 11 :Chief of the CPN-ML central organisation department Chandra Prakash Mainali, inaugurating the first Khotang district session of the party yesterday, said it is the regressive elements within the country and foreign imperialists that are abetting the Maoist insurgency.

Mr Mainali also made it clear that the path adopted by the Maoists is wrong.

At the session chaired by Kul Prasad Phuyal, Khotang DDC vice chairman Baburam Rai had delivered the welcome speech.