Friday, August 10, 2007

Nepal could split like India, Yugoslavia and Soviet Union: Upendra Yadav

Kathmandu, 10 Aug: Madesh Janatantrik Forum Chairman Upendra Yadav warned Friday Nepal could split up like India, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union during the transitional phase.He asked the transition should be handled ‘intelligently’ and with ‘competence’ currently lacking in government."During the transitional phase, India split, Yugoslavia split and politically the Soviet Union under Gorbachev’s leadership also split. Nepal can also split or turn into a failed state if we aren’t serious and honest," Yadav said in an interview in Samya newsmagazine Friday.Yadav called for a roundtable conference involving all sides to stop the slide to prepare a ‘common modality’.

He suggested the coming elections should be both for parliament and a constituent assembly for a five-year term.Yavad warned Nepal will split without the resolution of the Madesh problem.‘Election in November is impossible. It may be possible tow or four months later. Before that, there should be some agreement," Yadav said."Minister Paudel has made the environment even more complex by expanding the government dialogue team,’ he said.Government added Maoist minister Deb Gurung and two more members to the negotiating.Jhalanath Khanal of the CPN---UML, added to the team, also criticized the expansion without summit consultations with the ruling eight parties.

Laxman Chaudhary ‘Roshan" who split from the CPN (Maoist) said he quit the party with 3,000 combatants because Prachanda has turned into an agent of India and USA."We presented two points to Prachanda—either say the 10-year people’s war was a mistake or accept it was a mistake to abort the revolution by surrendering to Girija, India and USA. They said both were correct and with which we differed," Roshan said explaining why he deserted."He [Prachanda] wants both- he doesn’t want to leave power and the revolution. This can’t last,""Not a word was mentioned about the people’s war in the plenum. They are trying to give a spin by hoodwinking the PLA and party workers," Roshan added.

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