Chaudhary accused Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, also a party vice-chairman, of dissolving the PLA to fulfil their personal ambitions.[break]
At the press conference also attended by Constituent Assembly (CA) member Mangal BK, who is close to Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya, and other district level leaders, Chaudhary said, “This cannot be termed army integration; we have been forced into surrender.” He further argued,“It is not wise of some comrades to welcome the agreement without proper study”.
Chaudhary claimed that the agreement was not drafted by the political parties but by Nepal Army (NA) Headquarters or by some invisible force. “How can chairman and Baburam comrades, who were piggybacked to power by the PLA, go ahead with an agreement that forces the PLA to surrender?” he fumed. “We infer that they have signed it under the pressure of some force,” he also stated.
He warned of another rebellion if the PLA is dissolved in a humiliating fashion through implementation of the agreement and called for its revocation. Vice-commander of Jharana-Smriti Brigade under the Sixth Division, Thammar Bista, said the combatants would not comply with the ´unilateral´ agreement.
The Baidya camp also organized demonstrations in Dhangadi and burnt the seven-point agreement, according to our correspondent Dil Bahadur Chhatyal. Irate cadres resorted to incendiary slogans, calling Dahal and Bhattarai Indian agents. The leaders of the demonstrations were forced to later clarify to media that slogans were not chanted against the party leadership.
Addressing a corner meeting after the rally, CA Member Bir Man Chaudhary claimed that the agreement insulted the martyrs, the PLA and the disappeared. “The agreement has put prices on the combatants who fought for the country and people, as if they were cattle,” he fumed. The leaders insisted that they would not return captured property at any cost.
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