Nepali Congress vice-president Sushil Koirala

Nepali Congress vice-president Sushil Koirala
Nepali Congress vice-president Sushil Koirala on Saturday denied that his party or the seven-party alliance had adopted the agenda of a republic in Nepal saying reinstatement of the House of Representatives (HoR) was the common agenda of the seven-party alliance.

Speaking at an interaction in the capital on Saturday, Koirala said, “The revival of the House of Representatives is the common agenda of the alliance.”

“It is worthless to talk individually about a republican set up sitting inside a room unless people express their tremendous support for this,” said Koirala. “If the king does not accept multiparty democracy, human rights and press freedom in the country, we will say that the monarchy is not needed by us either,” he warned.

He also ruled out any misunderstanding in the seven-party alliance over the common demand. He also claimed that the alliance was more united now than before.

He claimed that the seven-party alliance alone was fighting for restoring peace in the country, and criticized the king and the government for not being serious about ensuring a conducive atmosphere for dialogue to resolve the existing Maoist problem and restore peace.