The central committee meeting of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) passed, unanimously, the political report presented by general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and party election manifesto presented by Jhal Nath Khanal, after extensive discussions.

“They have now been finalised. The party manifesto stressed on democracy and strengthening progressive march of the country. It talks about uprooting feudalism not only from political field but also from economic and social field,” Amrit Kumar Bohara, standing committee member of the party, said.

Bohara added that the general secretary’s political report has concluded that the Constituent Assembly provides a historic opportunity to bring about transformation in the country. “It also emphasises unity among political parties,” he said.

On the issue of forging electoral alliance with the Maoists, which is said to have created divisions among the party leaders, Bohara said that the central committee has decided to forge such alliance with all the like-minded parties in favour of federal democratic republic rather than ‘with any particular party.’

The meeting will continue on Saturday to discuss about election mobilisation. nepalnews.com sd Feb 08 08