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Article: Maoists give time till Friday to form constituent assembly.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- April 26, 2006
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Maoists give time till Friday to form constituent assembly
Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Apr 26 (PTI) After differing with the seven party alliance for a day, Maoists in Nepal today withdrew their blockade of Kathmandu and district headquarters and set a two-day deadline to start the process of forming a Constituent Assembly during the first meeting of the restored Parliament.
Maoist leader Prachanda made the announcement shortly after Prime Minister-designate G P Koirala appealed to the rebels to withdraw their protests including economic blockade and assured them that the constituent assembly would be the main agenda of Parliament when it ...