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Hemmed in at home, non-Maoist Nepal leaders line up to visit India


Kathmandu: As the New Delhi-mediated peace process faces its stiffest challenge and Maoists move towards one-party rule, leaders of various non-Maoist political parties, including those in the ruling coalition, are in the process of heading southward.


The visits by Nepali leaders coincides with the three-week-long “social-religious” visit to India — to Delhi, Bhopal, Gujarat and back to Delhi next week—- of dethroned King Gyanendra that began end of February. Most leaders have used “health check-up” as the pretext for their Delhi visit while others are “silent”.


Party and family sources said that while the deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam left on Monday, K P Oli, another prominent leader, is likely to join them. Both belong to the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) , a major partner coalition in the Maoist-headed coalition.


While Oli had a kidney transplant few years ago, Gautam suffered from facial paralysis about a month ago.


G P Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress, and Surya Bahadur Thapa, chairman of the Rastriya Janashakti Party, will be in Delhi on Wednesday. According to information available, former King Gyanendra is expected to arrive in Delhi a couple of days after Holi.


courtesy: indianexpress.com

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