Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Saturday said that the nature of democracy envisioned by his party (CPN-Maoist) for new Nepal would be fundamentally different and pro-poor.

Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa

“We will refrain from adopting the form of democracy being practiced by countries like the US and India where weak and poor people are subjugated to the vested interest of strong and rich,” media reports quoted Thapa as saying during a programme held in the capital.

Stating that the new democratic framework of new Nepal will enable the people of the same socio-economic status to compete with each other, he further divulged, “the new constitution to be proposed by his party will rule out every vestige of feudalism in the country”.

Minister Thapa also claimed that the CPN (Maoist) is determined to bar the foreign power centers from imposing their clout in new Nepal. nepalnews.com nd Dec 07 08