Birat-led CPB-MLM owns up responsibility to the explosion

Kathmandu, February 4: Communist Party of Bhutan (CPB-MLM) led by Birat has owned up responsibility to the explosion that took place in Samtse district yesterday night.

Central Committee Member of the party who identified himself as 'John' over a telephone conversation with Bhutan News Service (BNS) from undisclosed location quoted a press release issued today by Birat, general secretary of CPB-MLM, as saying that the party has begun launching 'armed rural class struggle' inside Bhutan to establish people's government.

John further informed the BNS that the party would launch program in three phases that include resettlement of Bhutanese people occupying the land and properties used by evictees of early 1990s, taking physical action against those spying against their democratic struggle, and deconstruction of government infrastructures in rural areas of the country.

CPB-MLM has also claimed that their Sunday attack damaged all properties meant for the National Assembly election scheduled for March 24, kept at Renewal Natural Resources (RNR) office in Ghumauney gewog. John further quoted Birat's press release as terming their armed lunch as a 'first successful attack'.       
    
A bomb had exploded behind the Renewal Natural Resources (RNR) office in Ghumauney gewog at midnight today. Two more unexploded bombs were found in the area, one behind the RNR office and another behind the office of gup (head of village).

The RNR office was used as a polling station during the first phase of upper house election on December 31 and has been used as residence by returning officer and the national officer deployed for National Assembly election scheduled for March 24. Bhutan News Service