Disqualified combatants padlock Maoist office

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: Disqualified Maoist combatants have padlocked UCPN (Maoist) party office in Paris Danda from Thursday morning. They have obstructed the Maoist leaders from entering the office premises.



This is the first time that disqualified combatants have padlocked the Maoist headquarters. [break]



"We will not leave the place till our demands are met. We´ll erect a tent here to stay throughout the night," chairman of disqualified combatants Lelin Bista said, "We are ready to do anything to get our demands addressed."



They have been demanding removal of the ´disqualified´ tag, salary on par with former combatants and a fair probe into irregularities in the PLA fund, among others.

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