One of the leaders of the alliance of the seven agitating political parties has said that the alliance has announced the protest programmes for outside the valley to make the April 8 rally of the valley and non cooperative movement of the alliance a success.
Talking to Nepalnews on Tuesday, Lila Main Pokhrel, Vice-Chairman of People’s Front Nepal, a member of the seven party alliance, said that they are holding protest programme outside the valley to gain people’s support in the mass meeting of the alliance in the capital, slated for April 8.
He further said that the alliance will continue its agitation in and outside the valley to restore complete democracy in the country from April 8.
He ruled out the allegations that the seven party alliance announced decentralized protest programme as it is losing popular support and added that the upcoming protest programmes would end such allegations.
On the talks between Maoists and seven political parties in New Delhi, he said that it was essential to strengthen and effectively implement the 12-point pact reached between political parties and Maoists last November, adding, “I am confident that it will bring positive result in favour of restoring peace and democracy in the country.”
When asked about the reaction of the seven party alliance about the blockade called by the Maoists against the 12-point pact, Pokhrel said that it will not affect in their understanding and expressed the hope that Maoists will not do anything that will hinder the protest programmes announced by the alliance.
He said that Maoists might call off their protest programmes so as to not obstruct the protest programme of the seven party alliance.
The Maoists imposed blockades in the capital, regional, zonal and district headquarters from Tuesday.
Monday’s meeting of the seven-party alliance’s taskforce appealed to the people to participate in the joint rally to be held in the capital on April 8 and make its non-cooperation campaign against the government a success.
The alliance has decided to organise campaigns in all the districts from March 19 to 28 calling upon the people to head to Kathmandu to make the April 8 rally a success.
The alliance is also scheduled to organise nationwide protest rallies against loadshedding, lack of drinking water and skyrocketing prices.
On March 30, the political parties would participate in a protest rally to be held by the Indigenous and Nationalities Joint Struggle Committee in the capital. The agitating parties would also take part in another rally to be held by the peasants across the country on April 1.
The alliance is scheduled to hold joint rallies in Itahari, Sunsari and Narayangadh on March 31 and Chitwan on April 1 and hold nationwide protest rallies on April 6, according to the statement.
The alliance is holding various protest programmes since the February 1 royal takeover of the last year to restore complete democracy in the country.