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New Delhi’s surprise over Maoist victory in Nepal : Need to handle with care

	April 28, 2008

Harjit Singh Like every other country, India too was taken by surprise by the Maoists sweeping the Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal. India had not factored the impressive Maoist performance. The Maoists have won half the seats in the first phase where elections took place on the first-past-the-post basis. And they are expected to repeat the performance when it comes to counting of votes in the constituencies where polling was held on the basis of proportion representation. India’ ...