We are not foolish to spoil our ties with India: Bhattarai
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KATHMANDU, NOV 09 - UCPN (Maoist) Vice Chairman Dr. Baburam Bhattarai have refuted India’s allegation of having provided ideological and military training to Indian Maoists—Naxals—with help of Pakistan’s Lashar-e-Toiba.
The Maoist ideologue’s response comes two weeks after the accusation grabbed the headlines of Indian newspapers.
Talking to Hindustan Times on Tuesday, Dr. Bhattaria termed the charge as "unwarranted provocation".
Earlier on Oct. 25, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood had submitted a letter to Home Minister Bhim Rawal claiming that the Indian Maoists are being trained on Nepali soil.
The letter mentions two instances when leaders from People’s Liberation Army, the military wing of the Maoists, had imparted training to Communist Party of India (Maoist) cadres from Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
"We have never provided any training to Indian Maoists. We are not foolish to spoil our good relations with India by indulging in such acts," the online quoted Bhattarai as saying.
"When we didn’t do any such thing during the civil war when we were underground why would we get involved now when we have joined the mainstream?" he questioned.
Bhattarai said that India’s allegation could be a reaction to the shoe-hurling incident at Solukhumbu last month when Indian Ambassador Sood was targeted by Maoist protestors.
Posted on: 2010-11-09 07:44
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