Kathmandu, March 13 -- The Mohan Baidya-led Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) has demanded that the government withdraw the ban imposed on the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.

Making public the decision made by the party Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday, CPN (Revolutionary Maoist) General Secretary Baidya also called on the government to immediately stop "arresting and torturing" Chand-party leaders and cadres.

"Political issues should be resolved politically," the Baidya-led party said in a statement on Wednesday, a day after the government decided to ban the Chand outfit which had carried out two blasts in the Capital over a fortnight. One person died in the first explosion in Nakkhu on February 22...