Kathmandu, July 23: CPN (UML) General-Secretary Shankar Pokhrel clarified that the party did not agree to revert former President Bidya Devi Bhandari to active politics to strengthen democracy.
At a programme organised by UML Publicity and Publication Department here on Wednesday to disclose decisions of the ninth central committee meeting, Pokhrel argued that former President Bhandari’s entry to UML would strengthen the party, but weaken democracy.
“The issue of reverting the former President to active politics should be taken in view of democracy and future of the entire nation. It is not good to strengthen the party by weakening the values of democracy”, he noted.
The UML general-secretary argued that former President Bhandari should discharge the role of guardian without returning to active politics, adding the party has expected her role to show a right path to the country and become active in social role.
Similarly, Department Chief Rajendra Gautam shared the UML central committee meeting decided that the issue of bringing individuals who held constitutional positions like President and Vice-President to party politics would not be in accordance with the constitutional spirit. #nepal #uml #bidya
