Baidya's party to submit 70-pt demand to govt before launching stir

The Mohan Baidya-led CPN-Maoist is set to hand over a 70-point demand to the government as it prepares to take to the streets.

CPN-Maoist vice chairman C.P Gajurel speaking at the Reporters Club on Monday, 03 Sept 2012. nepalnews.com/ANA

According to CPN-Maoist vice chairman C.P Gajurel, the party is going to add 30 demands to the 40 points the then Maoist party had presented to the then government headed by Sher Bahadur Deuba before launching the insurgency in 1996.

Speaking at the Reporters Club Monday, Gajurel said the party had already made preparations for the protests and that the protests would be peaceful.

He also reiterated that consensus between the parties was not possible until Bhattarai government stepped down and that the President should take a "concrete step" to find an outlet to the impasse. nepalnews.com