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Split Nepal Marxists parties to reunite
The opposition Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist Leninist or NCP-UML has decided to reunite with a breakaway faction, the NCP-ML.
The parent party believes the four year split contributed to its electoral defeat in 1999 ... when it lost its standing as the largest single party in parliament to the Nepali Congress Party.
The split, over policy towards India, saw many disaffected members of the mainstream Nepali-left join the now outlawed ranks of the NCP-Maoist.
The Maoist rebels have been fighting for a republic since 1996 and the insurgency has so far claimed over 2,300 lives.
9/01/02 23:48:26 | ABC Radio Australia News
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