[lbo-talk] Communists join Nepal govt

[Lance Murdoch]

From: uvj at vsnl.com
> Communists formally join Nepal govt
> 
> KATHMANDU: Nepal's communists on Sunday formally joined
> the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba after last week agreeing
> to a common agenda to seek peace with Maoist rebels and fully restore
> democracy.
> 
> The Communist Party-United Marxist and Leninist (NCP-UML)
> said in a statement it had submitted a list to Deuba of 10 members, headed
> by politburo member Bharat Mohan Adhikari, for nomination to his government.
> [...]
> The three parties agreed to join after reaching agreement
> with Deuba on a common program which calls for new talks with Maoist rebels
> to end the eight-year civil war, which has claimed more than 9,500 lives.

It should be noted that the communist party spoken of here is the CPN(United Marxist-Leninist), not the CPN(Maoist), which more or less controls everything in Nepal outside of Kathmandu, and which has seen growing strength within Kathmandu recently as well.
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