CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal (File photo)
CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal (File photo)
CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has urged party leaders and cadres to become ready to court arrests –in view of the possibility of the royal government banning the political parties.
“We have to be ready to face false charges, ban on the parties. We should even be ready to give mass arrests,” Nepal said addressing a gathering of senior cadres of the party’s youth wing, Democratic National Youth Association, at the UML central office in Balkhu on Tuesday. ”Waging a decisive democratic movement is not an easy job,” he asserted.
Upset by the growing popular support to the pro-democracy movement of the seven parties, Nepal said, the government is “hatching conspiracy against the agitators” and that the party cadres should be ready for a strong resistance.
Claiming that the monarchy had been facing the most critical time in its history, the UML boss blamed the royal palace of resorting to worst form of clampdown on the ongoing political movement. “We have learnt that the army was trying to create tension during the UML program in Baglung district,” he said, questioning, “Could there be any condemnable act than this when an army that is expected to remain within a limit of discipline enters into a political program in the guise of Maoists?”
Nepal also ruled out the possibility of dialogue with the King. “As the parties have a declared policy to fight against autocratic monarchy there is no possibility of the parties opting for dialogue [with the King].”
He added, “We were involved in talks in the past as we had a policy to lead our movement and the dialogue process together. Now our only policy is struggle.”
Claiming that failure of the municipal polls will give a strong blow to the autocratic regime, Nepal called on the party workers to go the doors of the people and take them into confidence.
The gathering was organised to orientate the youth leaders about the future programs of the party.