25 Aug, Rajbiraj. Leaders and cadres, closed to Baburam Bhattarai of the UCPN (Maoist) have formed a parallel district committee in Saptari district.

A gathering concluded on Sunday night at the district headquarters formed a 51-member committee under the chairmanship of Saraswoti Chaudhary.

Chandeshwor Mandal Kisan, Parbati Chaudhary, Umesh Kumar Mandal, Dhurmi singh Danuwar, Bisheshwor Chaudhary, Pramod Mandal, Deep Kumar Chaudhary, among others are in the committee.

The committee was formed to take the concept of new power, forwarded by Baburam Bhatarai, to village level, it is learnt.

Leaders closed to Bhattarai have already formed parallel committees in different districts including Dang, Kathmandu, Kaski, Dhanusha, Chitwan and Gorkha. RSS