Source TGW
Now the Nepal Army Chief Rukmangad Rookmangad Katawal has put his entire weight behind the Nepali Congress saying that the NC must not give-up to the demand for the Ministry of Defense in the Maoists led government.
With such an unexpected move, the Nepali politics, say analysts, is poised for yet another tumultuous change.
Reportedly, the Nepal Army chief told the Prime Minister not to surrender to the Maoists as regards the Defense portfolio is concerned.
This the Army Chief said upon meeting the caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today, August 12, 2008, at the PM’s official residence in the capital, Kathmandu .
Latest political overture though not uncommon for Rookmangad Katawal, say analysts, will further deteriorate the troubled Nepali politics and perhaps will also contribute to dampen more the already strained relations between the two armed institutions, the Maoists and the Nepal Army.
That the Maoists have made it clear they will not award the defense portfolio to the Nepali Congress; it is highly likely now that the NC’s way in government is getting distanced if not impossible.
Be that as it may, the caretaker Prime Minister also met with the chief of various security agencies, the Nepal Police Force and the Armed Police Force.
The meeting as per the PM’s secretariat was termed as a regular one.
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