Maoists, UML merged only to hold on to power: CP Mainali

 

Kathmandu, August 19

Nepal Communist Party ML leader CP Mainalai says the then UML and Maoist Centre parties entered into a merger just to assume state powers and to hold on to it.

Mainali, a former member of the UML, says the leadership of the Nepal Communist party do not care about the needs and aspirations of the people. In an interview with Onlinekhabar, he said that the government still hasn’t signed the much-talked-about trade and transit protocol with China and it is not taking steps to minimise the country’s dependence on one trading partner.

“Inflation is rising because of policy lapses on the part of the government. Similarly, cases of violence against women are on the rise and the government is not doing anything about it.”

There have been severel hi-profile cases which the government has not consistenly investigated, he added. The 33kg Gold Smuggling Case and the pledged action against contractors are all cases in point.

Mainali said that the government has made lots of mistakes in its first five months in office. “These are only signs of what is to come.”

 

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