The
Police
arrested
a
central
member
belonging
to
Pawan
faction
of
the
Samyukta Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha
(SJTMM), identified as Ravi Dutta
Mishra
alias
Raj
Guru
in
Kapilvastu
District
on
February
7,
along
with
one
Italian
Pistol,
one
magazine
and
two
rounds
of
bullets,
reports
Nepal
News.
Police
revealed
that
Raj
Guru
is
also
‘chief
of
western
and
the
far
western
command’
of
the
armed
outfit.
Separately,
Khambuwan
National
Front
KNF
warned
on
February
6
to
launch
an
arm
conflict
if
the
Government
fails
to
establish
a
separate
State
of
Khambuwan, reports Kantipuronline.
The
Front
also
flayed
the
proposal
of
Constituent
Assembly’s
Committee
for
Restructuring
of
the
State
and
Devolution
of
State
Power
on
federal
model,
claiming
that
the
draft
was
baseless
and
introduced
without
any
preparation.
The
KNF
President,
R.K.
Khambu,
also demanded State restructuring
on
the
basis
of
nationality,
culture
and
historical
realities.
Meanwhile,
the
Communist
Party
of
Nepal-Unified
Marxist
Leninist
(CPN-UML) Vice Chairman Bamdev Gautam on February 7 claimed
that
with
the
kind
of
preparations
so
far
there
was
no
way
the
new
constitution
would
be
promulgated
on
the
slated
timeframe
of
May
28.
He
relented
that
political
squabble
among
the
big
parties,
including
the
CPN-UML, was hindering the constitution
writing
process.
“This
bickering
among
the
parties
drove
the
country
to
the
point
where
we
are
unable
to
deliver
the
new
constitution
on
time,”
he
said. |
