GIRIJA PRASAD CONNIVED TO INFLATE MAOIST STRENGTH TO 34,000; KAMAL THAPA

UPDATE ON MAOIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET

Kathmandu, 23 April: Discussions of two separate proposals of Chairman Prachanda and Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya of a future party strategy started at the Maoist central committee Saturday.
Discussions will continue Sunday, Spokesman Dinanath Sharma said after the first day’s meet.
Politburo members will express their views after one remaining standing member presents his view Sunday, Sharma said.
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RHINO POPULATION JUMPS BY 99

Kathmandu, 23 April: Nepal’s one-horned rhino population has increased by 99, a fresh census of the endangered and protected species released Saturday said.
The population at three national parks is 534.
The biggest herd is found at Chitwan National Park in central Nepal; the remaining herds are in Sukhlaphanta and Bardia in the far-West.
The population has jumped even amid widespread poaching.
Outside Chitwan, 24 rhinos are in Bardia and seven in Suklaphanta.
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The last census was conducted in 2008.
Outside Nepal in South Asia, one-horned rhinos are found in Assam, India.
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POLICE, ACTIVISTS CLASH IN MORANG

Kathmandu, 23 April: Limbuwan activists and police clashed infrontof la police post at Belbari, Morang, Saturday.
Activists were demanding release of arrested workers.
Police fired in the air and lobbed teargas to keep protestors at bay.
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UPDATE ON CHILD ABDUCTION

Kathmandu, 23 April: A Rs, 200,000 ransom was paid for the release of abducted five-year-old Sushanta Adhikari, police said.
Abductors had demanded Rs 2 million.
The boy was freed from Nanpara in India Saturday three days after his abduction from home.
Adhikari was handed over to family Saturday.
Two persons suspected for involvement in abduction have gone missing.
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52 YOUTH PICKED UP FROM KATHMANDU DISCO

Kathmandu, Fifty-two teenagers, 39 boys and 13 girls, were arrested from Babylon Disco in the capital Saturday. police said.
They’ll be delivered to family, police said.
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GIRIJA PRASAD AND OTHER POLITICIANS URGED MAOISTS TO INLFLATE MAOIST FITER STRENGTH FROM 7,000 TO 34,000

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 23 April: Home minister during the royal regime Kamal Thapa and currently Chairman of RPP-Nepal Kamal Thapa revealed Saturday Girija Prasad Koirala and other leaders asked Maoists to inflate Maoist fighter strength from 7,000 to 34,000.
“Just ahead of the 2062/63 popular movement, the Maoist fighter strength was only 7,000. Girija Prasad Koirala and other leaders Nepal Army can’t be dependable during the peace process for Maoists. The king’s is also can’t be relied on.
“Because of this, the strength of the fighters was overnight increased to 34,000 before entering camps,” Thapa said in an article in Annapurna Post entitled: After 11 Baiskah, The Road Itself Was Wrong.
‘To some extent, the combatant integration has been created because of this.”
Sunday is the 6th Loktantra Divas—the day King Gyanendra announced restoration of parliament that had completed its five-year tenure on the pressure of political parties.
Thapa reasoned why the nation is facing the current crisis.
“Constituent assembly election was conducted without finalizing the integration of Maoist fighters.:
Headed existing structures were demolished ‘without minimum understanding on a constitution and state structure’.
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