From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Nepal: Maoists threaten Indian forces http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/sep/sep03/ind ex.htm#6 Maoists ask Indian force to quit Kalapani By Lokendra Bista KHALANGA, Darchula, Sept 2 - Local Maoist leaders today called upon the Indian force to withdraw from Nepal�s North-Western Kalapani area, a tri-junction area between Nepal, India and China. An Indian paramilitary force has been occupying 196 square kilometres of Nepali territory at Byas Village Development Committee since the Indo-China border war broke out in 1962. District Commander of the underground Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Comrade Prashant said that his party�s Red Army was ready to fight against the Indian paramilitary force if it did not voluntarily withdraw from the occupied area. "We have the strength of 2,000 armed men in the district alone," said Comrade Prashant, addressing an inaugural function of the Maoist-aligned, All Nepal National Independent Students� Union (ANNISU)-Revolutionary. He became public for the first time in the district headquarter after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba announced the ceasefire to proceed with peace talks with the Maoist rebels fighting against the multi-party system for the last six years. A team of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, former bureaucrats and technical experts and CPN-ML affiliated students� union - ANNFSU - had already inspected the area separately. The Indian occupation of the Kalapani area has been one of the contentious issues in the Nepal-India relations. The Indian side has been claiming that the origin of the Mahakali River, a border river in major stretches, is in the Kalapani area, a contention that Nepal does not agree with. Nepal has been saying that Limpiyadhura that lies west of the Kalapani area is the actual origin of the river. Origin of the river - whether it is at Kalapani or at Limpiyadhura - was one of the four points raised by Nepal before the Indian side before Nepali parliament ratified the controversial Mahakli Treaty by two-thirds majority in 1996. Comrade Prashant also accused the Chief District Officer of suppressing the nationalist movement and said that his party would "banish him (CDO) from the district." "At a time when his Red Army was taking combat training in jungle to fight the Indian force in Kalapani, the CDO arrested our cadre on fake charges," he said, merely 30 metres away from the district administration office. Central committee member of the ANNISU-Revolutionary, Resham Pun, requested the Royal Nepal Army to join hands with the Red Army to "chase away the Indian force occupying the Nepali territory." Pun said that it was foolishness to fight with each other and urged all - RNA, police and the people - to protect the border of the country. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
