Chairman of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda waves to the crowd during the inauguration of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) general convention at Hetauda, some 100 kms south of Kathmandu on Febuary 2, 2013. Thousands of Nepal’s former rebel Maoists gathered Saturday for their biggest show of strength since taking up arms in a 10-year insurgency and toppling the world’s last Hindu monarchy. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA

Chairman of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda waves to the crowd during the inauguration of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) general convention at Hetauda, some 100 kms south of Kathmandu on Febuary 2, 2013.  Thousands of Nepal’s former rebel Maoists gathered Saturday for their biggest show of strength since taking up arms in a 10-year insurgency and toppling the world’s last Hindu monarchy.  AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA