Home minister rejects conditional talks

Kathmandu, 19 Oct: Home Minister Bamdeb Gautam has rejected pre—conditions of several tarai groups to begin talks to resolve tarai demands.
Government offered talks to resolve demands and has formed a three-member negotiating team.
Gautam rejected demands of one madesh, one pradesh.
“’Even people are against it,” Gautam told a public meeting in Bhairahawa Saturday.
Meanwhile, ruling Sadbhavana Party threatened to quit government and even the CA to come out on the streets if government doesn’t implement a 28 February accord with tarai groups and implement regional demands.
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Maoist defence minister Badal hits out at Nepali Congress

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 19 Oct: Maoist Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal hit out at the Nepali Congress and its Acting President Sushil Koirala for opposing integration of Maoist PLA with state security agencies.
“What is Sushilji talking about? Has he gone made or lost his memory?” Koirala asked at a programme in the capital Saturday.
He asked Koirala and Congress to pour over drafts signed by parties since April 2005.
Maoists claim integration is mentioned in agreements and the interim constitution.
Nepali Congress says integration isn’t mentioned in documents.
But, anyway, political parties have signed vague documents that can be interpreted differently as is happening now.
Badal said combatants can be integrated in four security state agencies, including the intelligence wing infiltrated by activists of other political parties weakening the task of intelligence gathering.
Nepali Congress has threatened to come out on the streets to oppose integration.
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One shot dead in tarai
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Kathmandu, 19 Oct: In continuing violence in the tarai, one person was shot dead by Tarai Tigers in Rupandaehi Sunday.
The civilian was abducted and shot dead.
Jwala Singh group of the JTMM is responsible the most murders in the .south where nearly two dozen rebel groups are active.
Most of the killings have been reported from east tarai districts.
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