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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6356097.stm
.............." But our correspondent says the Maoists' democratic credentials are still in doubt.
The UN mission has expressed concern at reports of Maoists violently attacking gatherings of other parties and of them seizing and interfering with lists of voters currently being drawn up.
A businessman in Kathmandu told the BBC that 25 Maoists had forcibly entered his office compound, stuck posters of Prachanda all over the walls and threatened to bomb the building if he removed them.
He said they had issued threats against him for not giving the Maoists money.
Maoist leaders insist that the frequent requests for donations to their party are voluntary. " ................
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Security was tightened for Prachanda's rally and large vehicles were banned from city roads.
Some schoolgirls told the BBC that Maoist activists had forced them and their classmates to attend the rally.
They expressed anger that they were being kept in the crush inside the rally venue and not allowed to leave.
Kathmandu was plastered with posters of Prachanda (the fierce one), whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Prachanda first appeared before the Kathmandu press eight months ago but his life is still a heavily-guarded affair.
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May god give you worst death then your daddy Stalin had Prachanda
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