Kathmandu: The Nepalese government may re-impose Emergency in the wake of rising incidents of Maoist violence in the country, sources said on September 2.

A senior minister in Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Cabinet has said the government might re-impose Emergency rule in view of the continuous Maoist attacks.

A final decision on the matter will be taken after the Prime Minister returns home on September 3 from his weeklong visit to Europe, he said on condition of anonymity.

There has been no let up in insurgency related incidents in the country with the capital being rocked by a series of blasts since last week when the state of Emergency was lifted, as a Constitutional obligation, ahead of the November 13 general elections.

A Nepali Congress youth leader Radheshyam Jonchhe was shot at on September 1 in Bhaktapur district, 8 km East of the capital, party sources said.

Jonchhe, district president of Nepali Congress (Deuba) Bhaktapur district, was shot at his neck by a group of terrorists, who entered his house at Katunje area of Bhaktapur district pretending to hand him an urgent letter.

One of the rebels was killed in the firing, police sources said.

Army patrolling has been stepped up in various parts of the country even as fresh attempts have been made to initiate a dialogue between the two factions of Nepali Congress for party unification. "We have initiated a dialogue for reconciliation," former Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudyal said.

PTI