Kathmandu, April 26 (Inditop.com) In an echo of the days when they were an underground banned party, Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Monday announced an indefinite general strike from May 2 in the Himalayan republic.
Calling it the “third people’s movement”, Maoist chief and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda said his party had chosen it as a last resort in a bid to keep the flagging peace process and task of writing a new constitution alive.
The ruling parties were seeking to derail the tasks and seek to dissolve parliament where the Maoists are now the largest party, he said.
Prachanda said the shutdown would continue till the government met his party’s demands.
The former rebels are seeking to ensure lasting peace in war-torn Nepal and a new constitution, Prachanda said.
