Indian hand in Nepal's Royal Palace Massacre: Prachanda
Former Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda has accused India of carrying out the Palace massacre in which King Birendra was killed along with his family and also communist stalwart Madan Bhandari eight years ago, reports Telegraphnepal.com.
Prachanda, chairman of opposition UCPN (Maoist) party, claimed that the main reason behind the killing of the two adored figures had been their unequivocal love for their motherland. "They were both strong nationalists," he said. "Both King Birendra and Bhandari were killed because they shared good relations with our party and they were about to meet me personally," he said.The meeting with late King Birendra was tentatively fixed for May 25, eight days before he was murdered, as the information got leaked, lamented the Maoist supremo.
He categorically outlined three reasons for the murder of King Birendra: His proposal for Nepal as zone of peace, his preference for importing weapons from China and above all his nationalist credential were the prime reasons for his brutal murder.Of late the Maoist leader has whipped up the sentiment of the nation by launching a campaign to free the country from foreign interference, recover lands occupied by India and withdrawal of foreign troops from Nepalese territory Kalapani.
The Maoist leader also said that the entire responsibility for the Royal Palace Massacre on June 1, 2001 should be taken by the then Chief of the Nepal Army, Prajawal Shumser Rana. "The Nepal Army is bound to make public the reasons for the security lapses inside the Royal palace", he demanded."The murder spree of Nationalist Leaders continue since the War of Nalapani", Prachanda said adding, "I could be killed any time from now but I do not fear death."
Prachanda, chairman of opposition UCPN (Maoist) party, claimed that the main reason behind the killing of the two adored figures had been their unequivocal love for their motherland. "They were both strong nationalists," he said. "Both King Birendra and Bhandari were killed because they shared good relations with our party and they were about to meet me personally," he said.The meeting with late King Birendra was tentatively fixed for May 25, eight days before he was murdered, as the information got leaked, lamented the Maoist supremo.
He categorically outlined three reasons for the murder of King Birendra: His proposal for Nepal as zone of peace, his preference for importing weapons from China and above all his nationalist credential were the prime reasons for his brutal murder.Of late the Maoist leader has whipped up the sentiment of the nation by launching a campaign to free the country from foreign interference, recover lands occupied by India and withdrawal of foreign troops from Nepalese territory Kalapani.
The Maoist leader also said that the entire responsibility for the Royal Palace Massacre on June 1, 2001 should be taken by the then Chief of the Nepal Army, Prajawal Shumser Rana. "The Nepal Army is bound to make public the reasons for the security lapses inside the Royal palace", he demanded."The murder spree of Nationalist Leaders continue since the War of Nalapani", Prachanda said adding, "I could be killed any time from now but I do not fear death."
"We had won the Nalapani War with the British, now it is time for us to get ready for a similar war", he told a meeting of Maoist cadres in Gulariya of Bardia District on January 21.
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