UNMIN says PLA breached peace accords, Maoists allege conspiracy against peace
Well, the UN Mssion in Nepal is denying it gave the PLA fighters permission to leave the cantonments, and has instead called them a breach of the peace accords. The Maoists have claimed and as far as I’m aware continue to claim they had the UNMIN’s permission to leave the cantonments, so the situation’s obviously a tad messy.
Meanwhile Prachanda has expressed “bewilderment” over the issue.
Chairman Dahal said some parties are concocting plots to drive the Maoists out of the peace process.
Claiming the detention of Maoist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Kapilvastu with weapons being an example of the conspiracy, Dahal argued that the UN body said nothing when he was travelling from the east in a vehicle belonging to the cantonment.
“I don’t understood where the gap is this time around?” Dahal expressed his bewilderment at the UNMIN’s criticism of the Kapilvastu incident.
A deputy commander in the PLA called Shakti has also come out with a statement on the incident. “We had gone out of the camps as per the party’s order. We’re told to escort Prachanda, who arrived in Nepalgunj yesterday. Later, the plan was changed. We left Bhalubang once we came to know that our chairman has left for the capital by flight.”
The Chief of the PLA, Pasang, has said that the arrests indicate a “conspiracy of the reactionaries to provoke the PLA and invite confrontation.”
The Nepal Congress party has condemned the incident, and alleged that it reveals the incompetence of the UNMIN, a more and more commonly heard refrain in Nepal.
escort Prachanda, who arrived in Nepalgunj yesterday. Later, the plan was changed. We left Bhalubang once we came to know that our chairman has left for the capital by flight,”
