Movement will intensify after Tihar, says Nepal
Kathmandu, October 18:
The general-secretary of the CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal, today said the King has invited a situation of direct-confrontation between the monarch and the people by announcing elections.
A tsunami of mass movement is in the offing after Tihar. It will sweep away all the pretexts of election and the Kings autonomy itself, he told reporters at a tea-party organised by the party.
We were waiting for an excuse to accelerate our movement and the King has given us a good one. We will take our movement to new heights. Many aspects of the agitation will be historic, he said, adding that the mass movement will end only after uprooting the monarchy and establishing full democracy.
Nepal reiterated that the seven-party alliance wants restoration of the House of Representative (HoR) to bring the derailed democracy on track and the HoR would later plan for a Constituent Assembly.
He said though the communists took part in the Panchayati elections, it was only to destroy the Panchayati system. However, this time around, there is no such thing and the parties have only one option to defy the elections, he said.
Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala said that the King has closed the doors for a reconciliation and left the door for a mass movement ajar.
Commenting on the recent media ordinance, Koirala said: Since the King himself is unconstitutional, all his steps are unconstitutional.
Chairman of Nepal Peasants and Workers Party Narayan Man Bijukchhe said his party shares a good rapport with the seven-party alliance and as such there is no possibility of a split. We are not going to turn our back on the movement, even if someone offers us the prime ministers seat, he said.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand said what the nation now needs is a reconciliation and not elections. He, however, also said that anything can happen in the days to come as possibilities in politics are unlimited. Chairman of the Rashtriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa, however, refused to comment on the statements of Koirala and Nepal, but said that a table-talk should be held instantly to wipe out all possibilities of confrontations.
The one who is holding power should take the initiative to hold talks, he said.
He also condemned the recently-promulgated media ordinance, saying it was wrong to introduce such a fiat without discussing it with media professionals.
The general-secretary of the CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal, today said the King has invited a situation of direct-confrontation between the monarch and the people by announcing elections.
A tsunami of mass movement is in the offing after Tihar. It will sweep away all the pretexts of election and the Kings autonomy itself, he told reporters at a tea-party organised by the party.
We were waiting for an excuse to accelerate our movement and the King has given us a good one. We will take our movement to new heights. Many aspects of the agitation will be historic, he said, adding that the mass movement will end only after uprooting the monarchy and establishing full democracy.
Nepal reiterated that the seven-party alliance wants restoration of the House of Representative (HoR) to bring the derailed democracy on track and the HoR would later plan for a Constituent Assembly.
He said though the communists took part in the Panchayati elections, it was only to destroy the Panchayati system. However, this time around, there is no such thing and the parties have only one option to defy the elections, he said.
Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala said that the King has closed the doors for a reconciliation and left the door for a mass movement ajar.
Commenting on the recent media ordinance, Koirala said: Since the King himself is unconstitutional, all his steps are unconstitutional.
Chairman of Nepal Peasants and Workers Party Narayan Man Bijukchhe said his party shares a good rapport with the seven-party alliance and as such there is no possibility of a split. We are not going to turn our back on the movement, even if someone offers us the prime ministers seat, he said.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand said what the nation now needs is a reconciliation and not elections. He, however, also said that anything can happen in the days to come as possibilities in politics are unlimited. Chairman of the Rashtriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa, however, refused to comment on the statements of Koirala and Nepal, but said that a table-talk should be held instantly to wipe out all possibilities of confrontations.
The one who is holding power should take the initiative to hold talks, he said.
He also condemned the recently-promulgated media ordinance, saying it was wrong to introduce such a fiat without discussing it with media professionals.
