Maoist Spokesman Dina Nath Sharma says a sustainable government in Nepal will not be possible if a government is formed by smaller party players banding together.

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Nepal's government has been in crisis since Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal - known as Prachanda - resigned last week after his call to oust the head of the Nepali Army was revoked by the president.

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As in some other parts of Nepal, Maoist violence and misdirected counter-violence are taking on a frightening life of their own.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Nepal's rising vigilante violence

In important steps towards cementing peace in Nepal , Maoist rebels took seats in an interim parliament, and promised to dissolve their parallel government.

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The end of Nepal's Maoist insurgency in 2006 allowed army guard posts back into Chitwan National Park, where most of the rhinos live.

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