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Defense Minister Badal On Nepali Army
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On January 5, 2009, talking to the reporters in Chitwan, Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal told the reporters that his ministry had sent the instructions to the Nepali Army for stopping the new recruitment process, and would take the actions following the provision made in the Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007 if the army would not honor the instructions. He also strongly protested the political speech delivered by Chief of Army Staff Rukumangad Katuwal at the event held in Nuwakot on Sunday, January 04, 2009. Defense Minister Badal also told the reporters that Chief of UNMIN Ian Martin had written to the Defense Ministry stating the new recruitment in the Nepali Army would go against the Comprehensive Peace Treaty. The Nepalese media had been reporting about the controversy over the new recruitment in the Nepali Army for some time.
Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala had been charging Chief of UNMIN Ian Martin of always favoring the Maoists in Nepal. The UNMIN had stated that its chief had been following the agreements and the terms of conditions of his job. The charges labeled at him by the Nepali Congress President were baseless. Recently, Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel said that his party would launch a movement against any actions on the removing the Chief of Army Staff Katuwal.
