Bending down before the pressures poured from national and international community, main opposition party of Nepal the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists on Friday decided to withdraw their nationwide indefinite strike that had crippled the country since May 2.

 

A standing committee meeting of the party reached the decision in this regard.

 

Maoists chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda said his party had decided to suspend its protest program.

 

“As people from different walks of life requested us to withdraw the strike that had crippled the normal life, we decided to suspend bandh,” former rebels’ supremo said