September 28, 2012
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) – a breakaway faction from the ruling Maoist party is showing its muscles having made demands on a ban on Indian made cars and Bollywood films. Police sources said there had been no reports yet of vehicles being attacked or disturbances at cinemas.
September 28, 2012
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) – a breakaway faction from the ruling Maoist party is showing its muscles having made demands on a ban on Indian made cars and Bollywood films. Police sources said there had been no reports yet of vehicles being attacked or disturbances at cinemas.
Members of the newly-formed Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist attend a press conference to announce the party's formation in Kathmandu on June 19, 2012.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a breakaway faction that split from the ruling Maoist party in June, said the move would end Nepal's dependence on its powerful southern neighbour.
"We have ordered all the Indian number-plated vehicles to leave Nepal. We have also decided to put a ban on Indian movies that spread hatred against Nepal and Nepali people," Pampha Bhusal, the party spokesman said.
Although a fringe faction, the party exerts considerable influence and said it had supporters across the southern border preventing Indian-registered vehicles from crossing into Nepal, while allowing them to pass in the other direction.
Bhusal said the party had urged the Nepal Film Development Board, which regulates cinema in Nepal, to enforce its edict.
"We have asked them not to show the films. We will send our members to the cinema halls to enforce the ban," she added.
Indian-registered cars are a rare sight in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu but are much more common on the streets of Nepal's southern towns.
Police said however there had been no reports yet of vehicles being attacked or disturbances at cinemas.
The mainstream Maoist party, which waged an armed insurgency between 1996-2006 and won elections in 2008, split in June due to ideological differences between its leaders, sparking fears of violent protests by the splinter group.
The hardline faction has accused its sister party of selling out on its revolutionary ideals.
Members have staged demonstrations across the country demanding the resignation of Baburam Bhattarai, who has led a caretaker government since the dissolution of the parliament in May.
Courtesy: TOI
