Netra Bikram Chanda, General Secretary, CPN Maoist
Kathmandu, Nepal: Security forces have stepped up its vigilance on the act and activities of the leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist with the guess that the party would have involved in the recent attacks against of the polls candidates.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has instructed the concerned security agencies- Nepal Police Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department to be alert to the activities of the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist and to avert any untoward incidents against of the candidates.
Similarly, the Ministry of Defense has also urged the Nepal Army to be cautious over the growing anti polls activities.
Attacks on candidates are occurring frequency in different parts of the country against of the polls candidates particularly to the candidates from the leftist alliance.
Three high-profile poll candidates from the leftist alliance- Janardan Sharma, a leader of the CPN Maoist Center and minister without portfolio in the current cabinet, Barshaman Pun, another leader of the party were attacked with bullets during their election campaign in Rolpa district.
Likewise, CPN UML leader and former minister Sher Dhan Rai was also ambushed on Tuesday morning while he was in the election campaign at Temke Maiyung Rural Municipality-8 in Bhojpur district.
These incidents have indicated that several candidates would be attacked during the election campaign intensified across the country for the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections scheduled for November 26 and December 7.
The Chanda led Maoist, one of the splinter faction of the CPN Maoist Center, has been opposing the scheduled election alleging to the former leaders of the then CPN Maoist for betraying the people on the name of people’s revolution.
The leftist alliance forged by the CPN UML and the CPN Maoist Center incorporating some fringe communist parties is also protested by the Chanda led Maoist party.
The then CPN Maoist had launched decade long insurgency on the name of people’s movement resulting the death of about 13,000 people.
As the candidates remain under threat, the leftist alliance has alleged the government for not mentioning the election environment conducive for the upcoming elections. The leftist alliance has even accused the government of inciting the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist to foil the upcoming parliamentary and provincial assembly polls.
