Friday, June 2 2006 09:53 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kathmandu: Maoists in Nepal yesterday (June 1, 2006) charged the Government of Prime Minister G P Koirala with going back on promises and trying to push the country back into conflict .

Addressing a press conference here, Chief Maoist negotiator Krishna Bahadur Mahara alleged the Government was planning to revive the local councils whose terms had expired.

"The Government was trying to drag the country into conflict again through its intention to revive the 'dissolved' local councils," he alleged.

Mahara voiced displeasure over the recent mobilization of the army by the government in different parts of Kathmandu alleging it was volatile of the 25-point peace agreement recently reached between the Maoists and the ruling Seven Party Alliance.

The Maoist leader warned such developments might overshadow the broader issue of Constituent Assembly elections.

After joining hands with SPA in ending the rule of King Gyanendra, the Maoist leader demanded dissolution of the multiple-party government and the re-instated Parliament and asked the Army to return to barracks as part of confidence-building measures to move the peace process forward.