Gautam raps Maoists, NC for AISC impasse

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, Dec 1 - Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam said on Sunday said that the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) is dillydallying to start its work because of CPN (Maoist) and Nepali Congress (NC). At a time when the Maoists  and NC have locked ...

...over the structure of AISC constituted by the government to work on the supervision, integration and rehabilitation of Maoist fighters, Gautam said "The deadlock over the AISC remains in limbo as the Maoists remained busy in their national cadres' meeting and the NC is still occupied in its national awareness campaign.

While talking to journalists in the capital, he claimed, however, the disputes that have surfaced would be resolved soon after holding political dialogues with the concerned parties.

Deputy Prime Minister Gautam who also heads the AISC formed by the government on Oct. 28, expressed his confidence that NC would join the committee.

Referring to the pre-conditions floated by NC that the government must amend the terms of references in accordance with the past pacts and understandings and have equal representations in the AISC from the political parties, Gautam said the government should address the issue as soon as possible.

Talking about the law and order situation across the country, he claimed that statistics proved the security situation had significantly improved since the formation of  Maoist-led government.

In response to a query about the deteriorating security condition, he said, "One cannot conclude that security situation has worsened throughout Nepal on the basis of a few events, which the government had no way of anticipating.

He also informed that security personnel are closely investigating murders of Nirmal Pant and Puskar Dangol in Dhading, Ritesh Rauniyar and Ashish Manandhar in Kathmandu and Journalist Jagat Joshi in Kailali district.

The government is working hard to solve these cases, he said. "Police is close to nabbing the criminals.

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