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Posted
on 10-May-02 05:39 PM
From BBC:
The government has been suffering massive defeats one after another - that's the reason why the Defence Ministry sought to create confusion
Dina Nath Sharma,
rebel spokesman
A senior member of the rebels' politburo, Dina Nath Sharma, told the BBC that an apparent truce offer from rebel leader Prachanda was "a conspiracy hatched by the Nepalese Government".
"We are not in favour of a ceasefire because we are winning this war," Mr Sharma said, in an exclusive telephone interview with the BBC Hindi Service.
His comments came as tens of thousands of people marched in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, to protest against the Maoist violence.
The demonstration, organised by the kingdom's main political parties, called on the government and the rebels to seek a negotiated solution to a conflict which has cost 4,000 lives over the last six years.
40 rebels 'killed'
Mr Sharma rejected official suggestions that hundreds of rebels had been killed in recent battles in western Nepal.
The rally was one of the biggest in recent years
"Our people are safe. There were only 11 casualties, which the government made into 500. There is no truth in the government claim."
Mr Sharma, who was speaking from the Indian capital, Delhi, said a fuller statement would come from Prachanda later on Friday.
In its latest account of the fighting, the government says 40 rebels were killed in overnight clashes with the secuity forces in western districts.
Casualty figures are impossible to verify as the media and human rights groups have been barred from the conflict zone.
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| Shanti |
Posted
on 10-May-02 07:21 PM
Hi all,
Top surnames in politics in Nepal:-
Bhattarai, Koirala, Dahal, Nepal,Thapa, Chand, Deuba, Gautam, Adhikari, Sharma, pokharel, Vaidhya, Dungana, Paudel..............few more remaining, but not many surnames can be added here.
Shanti
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| NepaliChora |
Posted
on 10-May-02 10:38 PM
What is your point? Are you trying to raise a race/cast issue in politics? When are you going to grow-up and " judge people by their chracter not by the color of their skin (or race)" [quote from Martin Luther King Jr]??
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