India, china to cooperate with Nepal Maoists: Prachanda
Nov 20, 2006 - 2:44:41 AM
, Reviewed by: Priya Saxena
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Born Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the 52-year-old revolutionary leader, deftly ducked a question whether the Left leadership in India had failed to usher in a revolution in the country and made an impact on the lives of the people.
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By Indo Asian News Service,
[RxPG] New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Nepal's top Maoist leader Prachanda, who led a decade-long bloody war against monarchy in the Himalayan nation, said Sunday that both India and China were hostile towards the Maoist movement when it began, but their mindset had now changed.
'Both countries were hostile but now things have changed. Both want to cooperate and cordial relations are unfolding step by step,' Prachanda said at a function organised here by the Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee (India).
He also hastened to add that Nepal will not be a part of any designs of the West to make India and China 'fight' each other.
Accompanied by his second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, Prachanda spoke of the fate of yet-to-be signed peace agreement with the ruling Seven Party Alliance, steps needed to usher in a new Nepal and the future of Maoist armed cadres.
Nepal's government and the guerrillas reached a historic agreement Nov 8, with both sides agreeing to form an interim government by Dec 1 to end the decade-old conflict.
Prachanda pointed out that the new political climate in Nepal offered immense possibilities, especially after feudal autocracy had been crushed.
'We need to bring in radial economic, industrial and land reforms that will benefit people. The system will evolve with practice,' he said.
Asserting that Nepal's foreign policy was under the influence of the monarchy, Prachanda said time had come for the country to review all treaties signed by the monarchical government with all foreign countries, including the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty.
'A new order has developed in Nepal and we must review treaties in this changed atmosphere. Only treaties which have validity must continue.'
Born Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the 52-year-old revolutionary leader, deftly ducked a question whether the Left leadership in India had failed to usher in a revolution in the country and made an impact on the lives of the people.
'I will not be able to say anything on this,' he replied even as an embarrassed Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat looked on.
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