PRACHANDA, BHATTARAI WROTE TO INDIA’S PMO PLEDGING THEY WON’T HARM INDIAN INTERESTS AND QUIETLYMOVED TO INDIA THEREAFTER TO LAUNCH WAR AGAINST RNA Kathmandu, 27 June: Top Maoist leader Prachanda and Baburam Bhattarai established their first contact with Indian Prime Minister’s Office back as in June 2002, an event that largely changed Indian establishment mind toward Nepal Maoists, Yuvaraj Ghimere writes in The Reporter.. And that was the five months Sher Bahadur Deuba was removed by King Gyanendra first time. SD Muni….. reveals in his piece- Bringing The Maoists down from the Hills India’s role—that forms a chapter of a recently book “Nepal In Transition” that this meeting opened increased level od xontact between Nepal Maoists and various government apparatus of India including the Intelligence outfits contributing major political changes in Nepal in the years that followed. A joint letter written ‘reluctantly’ by the Prachanda ad Bhattarai assured that that they wanted best relations with India, and they would not do anything to harm its its (India’s) vital interests, the book says, adding the government subsequently relaxed the movement and activities of Maoists in India. Interestingly, in the footnote, the author says ‘it seems that with the l launching of direct attack son Royal Nepal Army, Maoist to leadership moved to India quietly and guided most of their military campaign from safe places in northern India states of Utter Pradesh, Bihar, and Himachal Pradesh, also Mumbai and Delhi. “…. India acted indirectly but in concert with other members of the international community ,through Nepali players ‘nudging’ the to forge alliances ,mobilize people, and carry the movement to its conclusion’, revelation that contradicts government of India’s repeated version that Nepal’s 2006 movement and its outcome were ‘home-grown’. nnnn …..