A meeting of the Maoist top office bearers held at Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal´s residence at Nayabazaar took made the objection. According to the party, any new recruitment in the army will be a blatant violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). [break]
The party has also decided to hold talks with the government and the security agencies and take "serious moves if necessary".
"We have not taken this as a minor issue. It will create a big rift between the government and us," said Maoist Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha. "It shows the government is hell-bent on disrupting the peace process," he added.
Maoists to disrupt budget session
Maoists have also stated that they would strongly oppose the government move to table budget at the legislature-parliament saying that the winter session of the parliament was prorogued without consulting the main opposition.
"We will seriously oppose the government move to table the new budget," said Maoist chief whip Posta Bahadur Bogati. Maoists had not let the winter session of the parliament last year delaying the commencement of budget session. The Maoists had withdrawn their protest at the last hour.
"But we will come forward more strongly," said Bogati without elaborating if the party would disrupt the parliamentary proceedings during budget session. "We will not take the steps we took last year. We will take new steps," he said.
Challenge to media, PM to prove Maoist involvement in abduction
Maoists have challenged Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and the media to prove Maoist involvement in the abduction of Dr Bhaktaman Shrestha. The party stated that blaming the Maoists for abduction was a "conspiracy to protect the real criminals behind the abduction".
"The way the media and the prime minister tried to implicate us in the abduction is wrong. We challenge the media and the prime minister to prove it," said Bogati.
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