Added At: 2011-01-19 12:09 AM
Last Updated At: 2011-01-19 12:09 AM
LEKHANATH PANDEY
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Army today refused to remain under the umbrella of the Special Committee (for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist PLA combatants), which has taken up the job of monitoring role of the United Nations Mission in Nepal.
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Chhatra Man Singh Gurung today conveyed the national army’s stand to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who also heads SC, during his meeting with the prime minister. “The national army won’t be able to act under the monitoring committee, as we had already been contemplating relieving NA from the ambit of UNMIN monitoring,” a highly placed source quoted Gurung as telling Prime Minister Nepal. Gen Gurung also dismissed the possibility of monitoring of the NA’s arms containers in its Chhauni barracks by SC. The three-point agreement, signed by PM Nepal and Maoist Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal on Friday, clearly mentions that SC would monitor the arms container of NA.
The agreement, however, falls short of clarifying whether the national army as a whole will fall under SC’s monitoring ambit.
Political parties too are divided whether NA should be under SC. Nepali Congress representative in SC Ram Sharan Mahat stated that NA escapes the monitoring purview of SC following the three-point agreement. CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli also has aired views in the similar vein.
Maoist Chairman Dahal, however, took strong exception to Mahat’s claim. “NA would continue to remain under SC according to the agreement,” said Dahal.
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Chhatra Man Singh Gurung today conveyed the national army’s stand to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who also heads SC, during his meeting with the prime minister. “The national army won’t be able to act under the monitoring committee, as we had already been contemplating relieving NA from the ambit of UNMIN monitoring,” a highly placed source quoted Gurung as telling Prime Minister Nepal. Gen Gurung also dismissed the possibility of monitoring of the NA’s arms containers in its Chhauni barracks by SC. The three-point agreement, signed by PM Nepal and Maoist Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal on Friday, clearly mentions that SC would monitor the arms container of NA.
The agreement, however, falls short of clarifying whether the national army as a whole will fall under SC’s monitoring ambit.
Political parties too are divided whether NA should be under SC. Nepali Congress representative in SC Ram Sharan Mahat stated that NA escapes the monitoring purview of SC following the three-point agreement. CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli also has aired views in the similar vein.
Maoist Chairman Dahal, however, took strong exception to Mahat’s claim. “NA would continue to remain under SC according to the agreement,” said Dahal.
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