Maoists urge to declare Republic immediately

Kathmandu, May 2 (UNI) Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Prachand threatened that Maoists will come out from the parliament, and government on to the street, if the Himalayan country is not declared a republic.

''The Maoists will explode in the parliament, government and even in its cantonments and no one could stop it,'' the state run media quoted him as saying.

Nepali Congress has said the decision on monarchy will be taken only through the Constituent Assembly. However, the Maoists and the CPN-UML want a republic to be declared through the parliament.

''If the reactionary forces assume the liberation of the Maoist as its weaknesses, it would begin the next movement'', Mr Prachand said. ''The Maoists are not so easy for the reactionary forces to take on and they could come openly to see how tough we are,'' he added.

The former rebels have joined the government after they reached an agreement with the seven parties to hold the election of the constituent assembly to write a new constitution.

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