It means Baburam/Prachanda turned their cadres into beggars or looters. WFP to provide food to Maoist fighters The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has floated a proposal of providing food to the Maoist fighters during the transition period. The Kantipur Daily quoted newly appointed residential representative of WFP Richard F Ragan as saying that the food will be available for the short term or long term. He further informed that there was policy related agreement to provide food to the people returning home following the peace process and armed groups after disarmament. Family members of such groups also fall in the category of receiving assistance. UNHCR, World Health Programme, WFP, Food and Agriculture Organization and Save the Children Fund are assisting in the process. Ragan further informed that over 225 thousand people of 10 districts of mid and far western development region benefited from the emergency food supply programme of WFP. He further informed that they are visiting eastern and western terai regions to assess the situation of fall in the production of food in the region, adding, "We will decide further assistance after the study." He further said that they will continue assistance to the Bhutanese refugees if they returned to Bhutan and added that they had informed it to the Bhutan government. nepalnews.com pb Oct 23 06