Peace Minister rules out possibility of PLA re-verification

Minister for Peace and Reconstruction and Maoist leader Janardan Sharma has ruled out re-verification of the People’s Liberation Army following the leak of Maoist chairman Prachanda’s Shaktikhor videos and NC’s subsequent demand for re-verification, saying that it (verification) is not a matter to be conducted repeatedly.

Speaking programme in Nepalgunj Saturday, he also said that the Maoists would take the peace process to its logical conclusion under any circumstances.

“No, the Maoists will not return to war,” Sharma said, “rest assured, we will also not go underground.”

He also said that President Dr Ram Baran Yadav's decision to reinstate the Army chief sacked by the government invited the current political stalemate and added his party will continue applying pressure on the President to resign for his "unconstitutional move".

Furthermore, he has denied that the party directed its cadres to drive away Nepali Congress and UML leaders and activists from villages across the country.

“We will take action if they are involved in such things,” he said at a programme in Nepalgunj Saturday. nepalnews.com May 10 09

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