Gaur, Jan. 12 : Leader of the main opposition party and CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, speaking at a Face to Face programme organised by Nepal Press Chautari, Rauthat, at Gaur today, said that the leaders of the Nepali Congress who have been given the confidence and affection of the people were only fighting among themselves for the sake of positions and the country was passing through a big crisis.

He further said the people felt that even in this kind of situation the government was asleep and that the relations of the ruling party with the opposition should have been cordial but it was otherwise.

Stating that the government should have consulted the opposition parties in introducing ordinances concerning creation of an armed police force and chief administrative officers (Chhetrapal) just one month before the next parliamentary session, he said the government had been behaving unilaterally giving rise to suspicions about the intentions and activities of the government.

The leader of the main opposition party said that the Maoists were day dreaming about acquiring power because of their wrong perception of the policy of violence, and that killing innocent people on the pretext of waging a so-called people’s war would not resolve matters.

General secretary Nepal deplored the communal tension arising in the country since some time now and alleged that it was a conspiracy hatched by anti-democratic elements to destroy democracy.

He said his party had initiated a peace march from the Mechi in the east to the Mahakali in the west in a bid to ensure peace and communal harmony in the country, and added that no one should believe in rumours.

Stating that the general public was fed up with the frequent and unjustified Nepal Bandhs while the Terai Bandh called by the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) had evoked a negative response among the people, he said the NSP was drifting from its ideology.

President of Press Chautari Rauthat branch Rebanta Jha presided over the programme.