Only a week after the seven-party opposition alliance signed a second understanding with the Maoists, a senior Nepali Congress (NC) leader has warned that the pact could lead the country towards disaster.

Speaking at an interaction at the Reporters Club on Saturday, NC leader Shailaja Acharya charged the party leadership of taking the ‘wrong course of extremism’ by adhering to the Maoist agenda.

Stating that there is serious ideological deviation in the party, she said that the party will collapse if it continued its agreement with the Maoists. “This could be a serious setback to the party and could even confine the NC to the pages of history,” she added.

She accused some “wrong elements” who have infiltrated the party, of trying to “capture the party structure”.

She also alleged that all 12-point’s of the agreement are the Maoists’ agendas and added that consensus among constitutional forces is the only way out of the current political impasse.

Shailaja said she is against the “extremist forces”. On the issue of unification of the NC and the NC (D), she said some “defamed faces” of both the parties must be removed first.

She further said the NC and other parties will not take part in the general elections. “We should not take part in the polls announced by the Panchas,” she said. She also urged the King to initiate talks with the political parties.