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The Unified CPN (Maoist) has decided to promulgate a Constitution drafted by the party from the streets on May 29. A politburo meeting of the party held at party headquarters on Sunday decided to promulgate its Constitution unilaterally if a consensus is not forged before the Constituent Assembly's (CA) term expires. They decided not to vote for CA term extension if new government under Maoist-leadership is not formed. They also decided to cancel the nationwide protests scheduled for May 25 and a cadres training scheduled for May 18. "As it is obvious that Constituent Assembly cannot come up with the new Constitution on time," Kanitipur quoted Maoist Spokesperson Dinanath Sharma as, saying. "Decision has been taken to make public the people's federal republic constitution," he said. The Maoists have put forth the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and formation of a national unity government under their leadership as preconditions for the CA extension. They have said that there is no essence of the term extension if their preconditions are not met notwithstanding the fact that Constitution drafting has not been completed. Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have dismissed the Maoist conditions saying that they are unnatural and undemocratic. Sources in the Union Home Ministry on Monday feared that the casualties of the IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada is likely to go high as the rescue and relief operations have been hampered due to bad light. Security forces have launched a major rescue operation. On Monday evening in one of the worst attack on civilians the Maoists blew up a private bus killing over 30 people. The bus was on its way from Dantewada to Sukma when the incident took place near Chingawaram, over nine kilometers from Sukma. The bus-CG17 SS 9295 was carrying 20 special police officers (SPO) and over 30 civilians.The SPOs were on their way to participate in a special recruitment drive. The latest blast incident has taken place a day after the Maoists called for a 48 hour shutdown in five states-Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. The sources said the attack might have been a pre -planned one. Reportedly, the Maoists also fired on the bus after the blast to ensure that nobody stays alive.

Nepal Maoists decide to unilaterally declare Constitution on May 29