“Nepal Maoists not involved in Tamang murder”

The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has condemned news reports published in India and Kathmandu about its hand in the killing of Madan Tamang, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League.

Maoist spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said in a statement: “Our party strongly denounces these ill-intentioned, hypothetical and baseless charges and news articles. The murder of Mr. Tamang, a good friend of Nepal, who was leading a just movement against national oppression and for national identity, has shocked our party immensely.”

According to news reports, Bimal Gurung, chairperson of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, accused the government of West Bengal for murdering Tamang, hiring Nepalese Maoists.

Mr. Sharma has urged the concerned governments to guarantee the Nepali-speaking Indian citizens' safety and their right to life.

Lately, Nepali-speaking people in Meghalaya were killed in clashes with the Khasi community.

“We have repeatedly spoken against the oppression of Nepalese speaking people living in the north-eastern region of India and for their linguistic and national rights. There has been long historical, linguistic, nationalistic and cultural relationship between the Nepalese-speaking Indian citizens living in north-eastern region of India and Nepalese people in Nepal,” Mr. Sharma added.