Kathmandu: The government is preparing to reconstitute the Special Committee for the Integration, Rehabilitation and Supervision of People's Republican Army (PLA) combatants. The committee is headed by former Prime Minister and UPCN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
According to Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Rakam Chemjong, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal would now lead the panel. "The reconstituted panel will complete the rehabilitation process. The technical committee has already started its work. We are doing groundwork to see of the technical challenges," Chemjong added.
Addressing an interaction organised at the Reporters' Club on Friday, Chemjong said the PLA fighters meeting the criteria could be integrated into the Nepali Army. "The PLA fighters can be integrated into the NA. Both the claims for and against the 100 per cent integration are wrong," he said, adding, "The PLA fighters are also Nepali people. The government is serious towards their plight," he added.
He also said the government would manage PLA fighters by forming a new mechanism or in other sectors of society.
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