MAOIST PLENUM DISRUPTED AMID CLASHES BETWEEN PRACHAND, PM GROUPS Kathmandu, 20 July: Clashes broke at Friday’s resumed plenary session between groups loyal to Chairman Prachanda and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai. Former Maoist military leader Janardhan Sharma, the chairman’s supporter, and former minister Prabhu Sah, loyal to the government chief, exchanged fisticuffs. A dispute broke out as a Bhojpura state committee report was being presented. The meeting has been disrupted for the second time in two days. The meeting was disrupted Thursday amid demands by former fighters in cantonments to probe ‘financial irregularities’ and assets of leaders. ________________________________________ Chairman Prachanda and Prime Minister Bhattarai have been charged for weakening nationality by not mentioning the trade and investment agreement handover pf TIA management to an Indian company without international tender. Nnnn BHAKTAPUR COMMUNIST LEADER DEMANDS ROLE TO PRESIDENT TO END CRISIS Kathmandu, 20 July: Narayanman Bijukakchaya, chairman of Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party, a Bhaktapur splinter communist party, Friday said the president should be asked to play a role in ending the current constitutional and political crisis. There’s no other solution, he argued. There’s no alternative but to ask the president to play a role, he saad.. Nnnn