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Disobedience drive planned KATHMANDU, Monday (AFP) Five Nepali opposition parties said they planned to launch a civil disobedience drive next month as part of their campaign to restore elected rule in the poverty-stricken Himalayan country. Unrest has been mounting in the kingdom over King Gyanendra's refusal to reinstate democratic rule after he dismissed the elected government in October 2002, accusing it of incompetence in tackling a deadly Maoist insurgency. The weekend meeting was attended by the Nepali Congress, the country's largest party, the Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist and Leninist (NCP-UML), the United Front-Nepal, the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party and the pro-India Nepal Sadbhawana Party. "We have decided to do something concrete to lend more vigor and effectiveness to the protest and disobedience programmes," the statement signed by leaders of the five parties said. The statement said the civil disobedience programme would start April 1 and be highlighted by a massive political rally. The five parties would form a joint task force to chalk out a detailed plan of disobedience programmes. |
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