KATHMANDU: The fourth central committee meeting of the CPN (Unified Socialist) has endorsed the party secretariat decision to recall four ministers from the Cabinet.
The secretariat meeting had decided to recall the ministers from the party- Birodh Khatiwada, Prem Bahadur Ale, Krishna Kumar Shrestha and Ram Kumari Jhankri.
According to deputy chief of central publicity department of the party, Shambhu Shrestha, General Secretary Dr Beduram Bhushal presented a report which was passed with some amendments. In the report, Dr Bhushal has incorporated the contemporary situation of country along with international development and possible effects.
Similarly, the relevance and need of alliance has been stressed in the report, arguing it was for the protection of constitution and political system.
Meanwhile, the party took action against four central members as Lok Bandhu Kangdangwa (Jhapa), Tarak Bahadur Shahi (Dailekh), Rajya Laxmi Malla (Mugu) and Narad Malasi (Doti). They have been relieved from the post of general member.
Revolt from UML is justified, Chairman Nepal says
CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has said his faction’s revolt from the CPN (UML) in defence of democracy was justified for the cause of country and people.
Addressing the party’s central committee meeting today, Chairman Nepal described that the leaders’ revolt from the UML was waged to ensure political system against totalitarianism and individualism in a communist party.
Chairman Nepal, who is also the former prime minister, said communist parties are popular among the citizens in the country since they did not bow down before the external forces in the issues of nationality adding that the communist parties unite the people in favour of patriotism and democracy. He also directed the party leaders and cadres to fight for the same by keeping democracy and issues of people’s livelihood at the centre.
We are guided by people’s multiparty democracy to accept the norms and values of democracy, he added.
On the occasion, Chairman Nepal expressed his reservation to the allocation of seats to his party from the ruling alliance in the recently held local level elections but underscored the need of strengthening party organisation to secure more seats in future.
Chairman Nepal has presented a 34-page political report in the party’s ongoing central committee meeting.
