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| Nepalis politic with each other, Maoists take part of the country |
| 2002-06-24 |
| Maoist rebels have taken control of a large area of northwestern Nepal home to some 200,000 people, a report said Monday. "Taking advantage of the political turbulence in the country due to the rift in the ruling Nepali Congress, the Maoists went ahead and seized Jumla, Humla, Kalikote and Mugu districts of Karnali zone paralysing life there," the Nepali-language newspaper Samacharpatra reported. As well as fighting the increasingly violent Maoist rebellion, Nepal is in turmoil politically with the Prime Minister's decision to call early elections leading to a split in the ruling Nepali Congress party. Brilliant. Simply brilliant. From today's Nepal News: 'A two-day central committee meeting of the Nepali Congress faction led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ended Monday with a decision to hold party rallies at major urban centers beginning June 28 from Nepalgunj, the party said. The rallies will begin from Nepalgunj in far west Nepal, the base of a Maoist rebellion, and conclude in Kathmandu; the date for the Kathmandu rally was not announced.'That should certainly take care of any rebellion, by golly. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |