Things moved quickly with Deuba and a top Maoist leader even managing to sneak a meeting. But hopes of a solution were dashed when the government fell in March and Koirala assumed power. The Maoists had already sent a representative to create a favorable environment for the talks but the process was stalled after the fall of the Bhattarai government,'' he said. But to allay fears, Koirala has publicly said that the committee would remain unchanged and that its work towards a dialogue with the Maoists would continue. No progress has been made since then, however.
Analysts say, Nepal offers ripe conditions for extreme left-wing movements to flourish.
Ironically, it was the Deuba government in 1996 which branded the Maoists terrorists and refused to talk to them. But the chief stumbling block is the Maoists' uncompromising demand for a republican state. Nepal being a Hindu Kingdom, such a notion is banned by the nation's democratic constitution.