UCPN (Maoist) says news on donation drive are fabricated and sponsored

KATHMANDU: The UCPN (Maoist) has said that its serious attention has been drawn to the series of fabricated and sponsored news regarding the donation drive published recently in a national daily linking the party’s name. 

Issuing a press statement, UCPN (Maoist) spokesperson Agni Prasad Sapkota has said that the news were directly backed by some status-quoist political parties and so-called diplomatic circle that is against Nepal’s stability and progress.

“Out party condemns the incident of such biased and imaginary news in the disguised form of independent and professional journalism,” Sapkota said.

Sapkota has also warned that such fabricated description could destabalize the election environment.

“Our party has no policy to seek donation forcefully,” the statement states.