US embassy cable - 05KATHMANDU1194

C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 001194 
 
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STATE FOR SA/INS 
LONDON FOR POL/BELL 
NSC FOR DORMANDY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2015 
TAGS: PGOV, PINS, PHUM, NP, Political Parties, Maoist Insurgency 
SUBJECT: POLITICAL LEADER DISCUSSES MAOISTS, PALACE 
RECONCILIATION 
 
 
Classified By: Charge Elisabeth Millard; Reasons 1.4 (b/d). 
 
NSP LEADER SPEAKS WITH TOP MAOIST LEADER 
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1. (SBU) Anil Jha, Joint Secretary General of the Nepal 
Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (a small, terai-based, centrist 
party), told Emboff on June 2 that the seven party alliance 
would urge the Palace and the Maoists to enter into dialogue 
only after the reinstatement of the House of Representatives 
(Lower House).  He also stated that his party's General 
Secretary, Hridayesh Tripathi, based in New Delhi, had been 
 
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telephoned by Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai the week of May 
30.  Bhattarai had indicated that he was not at that time in 
New Delhi, but would not disclose his location.  Jha noted 
that Tripathi believed Bhattarai was then somewhere in India. 
 Bhattarai said the Maoists were surveying the views of the 
parties, the public, and the international community on the 
current political upheaval in Nepal.  Tripathi had told 
Bhattarai that the CPN (Maoists) should put aside their arms 
and join the parties in moving toward peace.  He had also 
instructed Bhattarai that Maoists should stop attacking 
politicos.  Bhattarai had indicated that the Maoist party was 
considering reconciliation with the protesting political 
parties. 
 
MOCK PARLIAMENT AND PARTY DEMANDS 
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2. (SBU) Jha told EmbOff that the seven party alliance would 
come up with a common agenda of twelve proposals, and that 
the leaders of the political parties would make their agenda 
public during a June 3 "Mock Parliament," which would include 
all former Parliamentarians and be held in Patan (adjoining 
Kathmandu).  Jha stated that the political parties would pass 
the twelve proposals during the mock session.  These 
proposals would include: reinstatement of the House of 
Representatives; establishment of an all-party government; 
dissolution of the Royal Commission for Corruption Control 
(RCCC); release of political detainees, cessation of media 
censorship; stoppage of the proposed ordinance to amend the 
Civil Service Act; initiation of dialogue with the Maoists; 
and a request for the King and the Maoists to come to the 
negotiating table after the reinstatement of Parliament. 
 
COMMENT 
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3. (C) Jha's report reveals yet additional information that 
the Maoists in India are busy reaching out to Nepal's 
political parties to seek some kind of accommodation. 
MILLARD