Oli claims Maoists aren't serious about PLA issues

UML leader K.P Sharma Oli has claimed that the Unified CPN (Maoist) is not serious about integration and rehabilitation of its combatants while the current government has taken this task seriously.

Speaking at an interaction programme organised by Press Chautari in Biratnagar Saturday morning, Oli claimed that the real military strength of the Maoists was around 1000. He further alleged t the Maoists of sending non-combatants into the cantonments while real fighters were kept outside.

Insisting that Maoists hired minors and youths into PLA to be confined in cantonments, Oli said real fighters have been barred from receiving salary and allowances from the government.

Oli, a staunch critic of Maoists, also stressed the need for seeking diplomatic means to solve the border dispute with India instead of making hue and cry in the streets.

The also alleged the Maoists of trying to establish autocratic communist government, Oli said it is now impossible to form a new government under Maoist leadership. nepalnews.com

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