Kathmandu: Poll opposing CPN-Maoist is likely to reconsider the 10-day long nationwide bandha (strike) that it has called from November 11 in a bid to foil the Constituent Assembly polls scheduled to be held on November 19.

Mohan Baidya-led Maoist was compelled to reconsider its decision to enforce the bandha following a massive pressure from various walks of life.

Baidya has come under immense pressure to reconsider the bandha decision after the civil society leaders, human rights activists, industrialists and businessmen have urged him to withdraw bandha arguing that such protest programme would only make a public life difficult and push the economy into the doldrums.

Following the requests from various quarters of society to roll back the decision of bandha, CPN-Maoist chairperson Baidya is now holding internal meetings with party rank and file towards that end. Informing nepalireporter.com that he has got requests from different quarters to reconsider the bandha, Baidya said they were holding internal discussions whether to call off the bandha or go with the planned programme.

Earlier yesterday, prominent civil society leader Daman Nath Dhungana has met Baidhya and requested him to cancel the bandha.

Kathmandu: CPN-Maoist has demanded the immediate postponement of the Constituent Assembly polls going to be held by putting them outside the process. The CPN-Maoist, which has vowed to disrupt the polls, has also urged government and four major political parties to seriously consider its demands and start a dialogue with them.
Issuing a press release today, CPN-Maoist chairperson Mohan Baidya has reiterated its demand of Round-Table-Conference (RTC) to give an outlet to the political impasse. “We make special request to the four major political parties and the government to postpone the election going to be held without national consensus and initiate result-oriented dialogues and the RTC as proposed by the alliance,” read the press release.
Likewise, Baidya has also made an appeal to other political parties, civil society and intellectuals to take an initiation on this regard.
Baidya-led CPN-Maoist has also condemned the crackdown, arrest and prosecution of its leaders and cadres across the nation while boycotting the election- ‘a practice of democratic rights.’ It has also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its leaders and cadres, arrested while boycotting the CA polls.
Stating that the CA election, a major component of the peace process, Baidya has also claimed that there was no meaning and rationale of the CA polls without the participation of the CPN-Maoist, a major force involved in the ‘people’s war. He has also warned that the CA constituted without their participation could not produce a constitution but only invite further conflict.