Responding to questions on the future of the army and his armed cadres, prachanda said, "After the elections, both would be merged into a new national army. The old army would be democratised and the cadres professionalised. They would be jointly trained under UN observation. The new national army would be a small one — between 20,000 and 30,000 personnel." Will nepalese army be turned into maoist army loyal to prachanda???????