Kathmandu, Sept 21. (PTI): Thousands of people gathered here on occasion of the international peace day to protest against the continuing violence in the Himalayan Kingdom and pray for over 10,000 killed so far in the nine-year-long Maoist insurgency.
Students, teachers, journalists, businessmen, artists and politicians took part in the gathering in Basantpur area of the capital wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Oppose Violence, Commit for Peace."
They were joined by Buddhist monks and Hindu priests.
A host of speakers jointly urged for restoring peace and rejecting violence as means to attain political objective.
The speakers asked the Maoists to lay down arms and join the political mainstream adding that further escalation of violence would inevitably invite foreign interference.
On Monday, some 1,500 people took part in a joint prayer meeting held at Maitighar by lighting candles in the memory of people killed across the country in the Maoist conflict.
Maoist rebels, who say they're inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, have been fighting since 1996 to abolish Nepal's constitutional monarchy.
The government has labelled them as terrorists.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004
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