Maoists keep on violating promises on property issue

Despite the frequent promises of returning the captured property made public by CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda, Maoists have kept on the series of violating the commitments on the issue.

The Bajura district committee of the CPN-M on Thursday announced that it would recapture the land and properties it returned to the owners, who had returned to the district after the signing of the peace accord.

Maoists have said they would not return any more seized houses, land and properties.

A media report said that the Maoists issued a notice asking the public not to pay back loans to the Agricultural Development Bank at a function held at Martadi, headquarters of Bajura district.

In its 12 points decision, made public by the Maoist on the same occasion sates that the party would seize properties from more landlords for distribution among the landless. The Maoists also said they were going to intensify their donation drive from next week stating that those who refuse to pay donations would be blacklisted.

The report quoted that Maoist district in-charge Sahadev Bogati as claiming that the decisions would be implemented strictly as they were pro-people decisions.

CPN-M has been making clear that it has not any policy of capturing property; instead it has initiated the process of returning the land and property.