Bid to weaken party unity won't do people any good: Prachanda
Kathmandu, July 12
Amid the political turmoil in Nepal, the ruling Communist Party executive chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, said on Sunday that any attempt from anywhere to weaken the party unity would not be in favour of the people and affect the fight against the pandemic and natural disasters.
Will not allow NCP to split
It is natural to have differences of opinion, dispute and debate in a big party, but I will not allow the party to split,” he said. “If there is a dispute in the party, there are proper procedures to resolve it. —Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, communist party executive chairman
Chorus Grows For Oli’s Resignation
- Top Communist Party
leaders have demanded Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s resignation, saying his recent anti-India remarks were “neither politically correct nor diplomatically appropriate”.
Oli and Prachanda have held one-on-one meetings in recent days, but the two leaders are nowhere close to a power-sharing deal. the ruling party is divided on one-on-one talks between Oli and Prachanda, with a senior leader saying prolonging the issues will
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Addressing a meeting of the District Disaster Management Committee, Chitwan, Prachanda said the political activities should not affect the government’s response to the Covid crisis and natural disasters.
“Any attempt from anywhere else to weaken the
party unity would not be in favour of the people,” Prachanda was quoted as saying by The Rising Nepal.
He urged the entire political parties, civil society, media and one and all to engage in a combined battle against Covid and natural disasters.
Top Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leaders, including Prachanda, have demanded Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s resignation, saying his recent anti-India remarks were “neither politically correct nor diplomatically appropriate.” Oli and Prachanda have held over half-a-dozen one-on-one meetings in recent days, but the two leaders are nowhere close to a power-sharing deal.
Meanwhile, the ruling party is divided on one-on-one talks between Oli and Prachanda, with a senior party leader saying prolonging the issues will not serve anybody’s interest.
The meeting of the NCP’s 45-member powerful standing committee to decide Oli’s fate was scheduled to be held on Friday. But it was postponed for a week at the last moment, citing floods and landslides.
NCP leader Asta Laxmi Shakya said it was okay for the party to postpone the crucial standing committee meeting for a week, keeping in mind the risk of extreme weather, but Oli should be ready to settle these issues after seven days.
She said that prolonging the issues will not serve anybody’s interest and it means that differences will keep cropping up, impacting the party, The Himalayan Times reported. Shakya said that one-on-one meeting between Oli and Prachanda would not help resolve the internal feud.
“If the PM does not feel comfortable discussing some issues in front of all the members of the standing committee, then he could discuss these issues with the rival faction, with both factions including three to four key leaders or they can discuss the issues in the party Secretariat. “But the two co-chairs should not discuss issues themselves,” she argued. — PTI
