The most serious internal political problem faced by Nepal's governments since the restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1990 has been the armed Maoist insurgency. Although the present number of armed Maoist insurgents may be less than ten thousand, they did succeed in disrupting life both in rural and urban parts of the country with acts of violence. Thus far, their acts of violence have been directed only at Nepalese citizens, although some INGO development projects have also been vandalized. There were no incidents involving foreigners reported, although the government has cautioned foreign missions to be alert. Furthermore, any efforts to resolve the problem by any government in office since the start of the insurrection failed.
Just four and a half months after joining the government, the CPN-Maoist has quit the government as talks held among the major parties at the Prime Minister’s Residence at Baluwatar Tuesday morning to convince the former rebels to stay in the interim administration ended inconclusively.
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