Nepal palace massacre

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Mon Jun 18 09:50:17 PDT 2001



>Yoshie Furuhashi asked:
>
>> >
>> >The right wing communists, the Communist Party of Nepal (United
>> >Marxist-Leninist) - normally referred to as the UML or the "mailais" -
>> >who form the official opposition in the parliament to the Nepali
>> >Congressi government, announced yesterday that after a review of the
>> >commission's work that they have "taken the report in a positive note."
>> >But according to the quite reactionary South China Post, lots of Nepalis
>> >are not going along with the official script.
>> >
>> >john mage
>>
>> Is the widespread disbelief of the official "explanations" a chance
>> for the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) to expand their influence to
>> urban areas?
>>
>
>I think you do not have to be an expert to see how the Nepal Communist Party
>(Maoist) is the only political force to oppose the offical version will
>benefit, while the whole establishment supports the government version.
>
>Mostly the base of the UML will be attracted by the CPN(Maoist), given the
>right-ward drift of the UML. Yesterday the UML formed an electoral alliance
>with the royalist RPP (instead of supporting the leftist National People's
>Front).
>
>See:
>http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/jun/jun18/ind
>ex1.htm#1
>
>Johannes

Thanks for the link, Johannes. How will India intervene in this development?

Yoshie



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