A Nepalese Maoist suppoter carries a child while heading to attend the inauguration of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) general convention in Hetauda, some 100km south of Kathmandu on Feb 2, 2013. Thousands of Nepal’s former rebel Maoists are due to gather for their biggest show of strength since taking up arms in a 10-year insurgency and toppling the world’s last Hindu monarchy. — PHOTO: AFP

A Nepalese Maoist suppoter carries a child while heading to attend the inauguration of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) general convention in Hetauda, some 100km south of Kathmandu on Feb 2, 2013. Thousands of Nepal’s former rebel Maoists are due to gather for their biggest show of strength since taking up arms in a 10-year insurgency and toppling the world’s last Hindu monarchy. — PHOTO: AFP