KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The government has revived talks with the banned Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal in an attempt to bring them to the political mainstream.
Newly-appointed Minister for Drinking Water, Mani Thapa reached out to Hemanta Prakash Oli aka Sudarshan, a key leader of the Chand-led outfit, who is currently serving time at the Lalitpur-based Nakkhu Jail on the charge of involvement in violent activities.
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The minister also met other leaders of the banned outfit in the jail although he reached there on the pretext of inspecting the jail.
Oli was arrested in the Nepali month of Chaitra, 2075, (mid-March to mid-April, 2019) from Kavre district, immediately after the government banned the activities of the armed outfit.
