KATHMANDU, MARCH 4

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the initiative for a communist unity has been started.

In a meeting with the families of Sukhani Martyrs held on the last day of Martyrs' Week at the Prime Minister's residence this morning, he said, 'we have high respect for the martyrs and starting today we have taken initiatives for a communist unity.'

It may be noted that the then panchayat rulers had murdered Ramnath Dahal, Netra Ghimire, Biren Rajbanshi, Krishna Kuinkel and Narayan Shrestha in the Sukhani forest in Jhapa district on Falgun 21, 2029 BS.

Members of the Sukhani Martyrs' family Biseshwara Dahal, Jeevan Ghimire, Ravin Dahal, Buddha Ghimire and others participated in the meeting.

The CPN (Maoist Center) has been celebrating Martyrs' Week from Falgun 14 to 21 in the lunar calendar to link the communist movement and the people's war.