Muni said Dahal accused the media of depicted the latter as an anti-Indian. [break]
Muni, who is currently in Kathmandu and met with Dahal, said the former rebel leader further told him that his party would “never label India as the principal enemy”.
“It was the media which disseminated the rumors; the Maoists do not regard India as enemy,” Muni quoted Dahal as saying, at a function at Reporters Club Nepal on Monday.
According to Muni, Dahal expressed his displeasure at New Delhi´s preventing him from getting back into power. It may be recalled that Dahal had accused India of causing the fall of his government in May 2009.
Dahal also revealed that his party wants to establish cordial relations with the southern neighbor and asked Muni not to regard him as anti-Indian.
On political deadlock, Muni argued that peace process and constitution-writing cannot be completed unless political parties resolve intra-party conflicts and forge common stances on contentious political stances.
He held the view that parties, which are in mess due to internal conflict, should not blame India for the current political deadlock. The Indian scholar also added that political instability in Nepal will not be best interest of India.
Speaking at the same function, leader of Indian socialist movement Bijay Pratap claimed that the Nepali Maoist would not implement their policy on India even if the Maoists adopted anti-India strategy.
He termed the Maoists´ anti-India stance as being motivated by power interests.
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