Speaker Subas Nembang put off the parliament meeting till January 11 after, Maoist leader Amik Sherchan announced the House boycott.
Assailants had shot dead three Maoist cadres and injured two at Ganjabhawanipur of Bara. Those killed are Ambika Mahato, Dara Mahato and Maoist´s Bhojpura autonomous state member Ram Prakash Yadav.
A little-known armed outfit, Tarai Mukti Morcha, claimed responsibility for the killing. A man who named himself Agni, the military commander of the Morcha for Bara, Parsa and Rauthat, called journalists over the phone and owned up to the killing.
The assailants who came on motorbikes fired at the Maoist cadres while they were returning from a party at Ganjabhawanipur at 9:45 p.m.
Addressing the House meeting, Sherchan alleged that the government had failed to become serious over the killing of Maoist cadres in various parts of the country.
Sherchan asked the government to book the guilty involved in the killing of Maoist cadres in Bara, Taplejung and Dhading and declare teh slain cadres martyrs. He also demanded compensation to their families.
He claimed that the government´s failure to take killing and attacks on Maoists cadres had shown that the government is bent on derailing the peace process. He claimed that Maoist cadres have been killed more than any other parties´ cadres after the Maoist joined the mainstream politics.
Sherchan also criticized the government decision to promote DSP Dilip Chaudhary, who received serious injuries during a clash between Maoists and police at New Baneshwar a few days ago. He alleged that Chaudhary was behind the attack that left one of his hands fractured during a Maoist protest.
Killing ´pre-planned´
Meanwhile, the UCPN (Maoist) issued a press statement on Thursday claiming that the killing was masterminded by some big power centers and enacted by a militarily trained group, as the party cadres were attacked by some 30-35 people armed with sophisticated weapons including SMGs.
The party has demanded formation of an all-party probe committee to take action against the guilty, declare the deceased martyrs, provide free treatment and relief to the injured and compensation to the families of the deceased.
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