KATHMANDU: UCPN (Maoist) wannabe secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has claimed that the hardliner CPN-Maoist has not strength to disturb the upcoming CA poll as they don’t have even a single cadre to reach the voting center.

At a program in Reporters Club today, Rayamajhi said that the there is no meaning of CPN-Maoist coming for talks as the party’s has decided for the people’s revolt. 

Instead of holding talks with the CPN-Maoist, other parties and government should prepare for polls by evaluating the hardliners’ power to disturb the poll. 

The program was chaired by Club’s Chairman Rishi Dhamala. 

He went on to say that there is no meaning of convincing them for poll as the army, armed police force and Nepal Police have reported that the CA election is possible despite the Baidhya-led party’s boycott.

He, however, said that bringing the dissenting parties in poll process would be better if they agree.

“Main thing is election. 11-point agreement and 25-point order, four-party mechanism will have no effect,” he added. 

At a time when the almost all sections of society were condemning the former prime ministers for meeting the Indian External Affairs Minister in his hotel, the UCPN (Maoist) leader claimed that the issue of protocol will not be applicable for the former prime ministers in such cases. He claimed that the former prime ministers have also met the sitting ministers even in many foreign countries, he argued.

He said, “President, Chairman of Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs met with Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid by arranging protocol,” headed.

There is no meaning of protest and sloganeering for nationality without knowing the rules,” he claimed.

Likewise, central leader of Nepali Congress Dr Minendra Rijal said that the CA election will be held at any cost despite the boycott of the CPN-Maoist. But, efforts to bring them on board the election should be continued, he added.

Saying that no force will run in benefit if election was not held in November, Dr Rijal said that it will be appreciable if Baidhya-led Maoist come for election even by considering the suggestions from China, India or from anywhere.

The debate of protocol with the meeting of Indian External Affairs Minister is worthless, he claimed.

Also speaking at the program, CPN (UML) leader Bhim Rawal said continued talks and discussions were necessary with the CPN-Maoist as serious talks were not held with the agitating parties so far.

There is no meaning of poll boycott by the parties that consider people as the supreme powerful.

Reasoning that holding a round table conference was not a big deal, Rawal added reaching the destination was more important.

He, however, said that the major leaders of the country have exposed their meanness by meeting with Indian minister against the protocol adding that leaders’ meeting with the Indian minister at his hotel will degrade leaders’ heights.

Similarly, Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha Chitra Bahadur KC said that election will be held in November after decision of holding a round table conference and increasing the seats for proportional electoral system.

He said the Baidhya-led Maoist’s victory was not possible at any cost if they disturb the election at backdrop of India and China supporting the CA election, he chided.

KC opined that the concerns of dissenting parties should be fulfilled to ensure CA election through intensive talks.
“Totalitarianism will return if CA election was not hold. People should come on streets again,” he cautioned.

He claimed that national pride has been lowered due to the meeting of the top leaders to the Indian External Minister at his hotel yesterday.

He argued that the leaders met Khurshid thinking that their future will remain secured even by forgetting the diplomatic decency.

No leader went to Darchula to meet the flood victims but all went to meet Khurshid in a hotel,” he made satire.

Also speaking at the program, Chairman of Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party Anil Kumar Jha said election should be conducted by November 19 by fulfilling all demands of the dissenting parties except to postpone the election.

He also said that meeting the Indian leaders was not a big deal and there was no meaning of protocol.

ARGHAKHANCHI: Central member of the UCPN (Maoist) and former minister, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, has said that election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) would be held on as per schedule on November 19.

Welcoming the new entrants to the party at Sandhikharka today, Rayamajhi said that the CA election would be held in the stipulated time as there was no alternative to it.

Rayamajhi said that resignation of Vice-Chairman of the party, Baburam Bhattarai was for promoting the notion that there is no need of posts to contribute to party and nothing relating to internal dispute inside the party.

He also claimed that all problems would be resolved from the extended meeting of the party scheduled for July 19.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leader Gopal Man Shrestha has said that the NC was ready to be flexible from its stance of one percent threshold if the CPN-Maoist and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal would take part in the upcoming CA election.

“Our first priority is CA election. NC is ready to turnback from its stance of threshold if Baidhya and Upendra Yadav are not taking part just because of the threshold,” Shrestha said at an interaction organized by the Reporters Club today.

The program was chaired by Club’s Chairman Rishi Dhamala.

He also said that all should be even ready to expand the cabinet and high level political committee to bring the CPN-Maoist and MJF-Nepal on board the election.

He also condemned the government decision to upgrade the capacity of Trisuli 3 ‘A’ saying that this government was centered on other things except the election.

Also speaking at the program, CPN (UML) Vice chairperson Bidhya Devi Bhandari said threshold was needed to strengthen the democracy.

“Threshold was not introduced for nothing. Political parties had agreed on this provision. CPN (UML) will not turnback from this.”

Similarly, UCPN (Maoist) leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi said that the best way was to entrust the government to take decision on threshold.

“The four parties are not authorities to take all decisions. It is not necessary to be everything as they decided,” he said.

Rayamajhi also said that the NC and UML leaders are attempting to derail the upcoming election by raising many things after seeing nationwide wave in favor of the UCPN (Maoist).

KATHMANDU: Contentions among Nepal’s political parties over provisioning threshold laws in CA election ordinance. UCPN Maoist leader Top Bahadur Raimajhi on Saturday opined that the threshold regulations should be included in the CA election bill while speaking at the Reporters Club Nepal in Kathmandu.

Raimajhi said lack of such laws would negatively impact the party-based politics in the long run at the interaction program presided by Club’s President Rishi Dhamala.

He said such laws will discourage the practice of opening political parties without any public support.

In a different context he suggested that the new CA should have 491 members argueing that the number of the MPs should be determined without adding burden to the national budget.

Commenting on the possible date for the CA elections, he said that the CA elections should be held in November and even said that the CA elections will be held disregarding any political party opting out of it. Referring to the CPN Maoist and its 33 political parties warning of not participating in the elections, Raimajhi said that the CA elections will be held at any cost.

Though Raimajhi said that the present government has no opposition to hinder its objective of holding CA elections, he doubted the President and the Regmi-government’s intentions of holding CA elections.

Speaking at the same program Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC accused the UCPN Maoist of averting the CA elections. He said that the activities of the party were against the spirit of holding CA elections and said that the Maoists were trying to foil the CA elections environment by pointing to other political parties agenda.

While stating that the government and major parties should try to bring all dissenting political parties into cofindence for participating in the CA elections, KC said that preparations to hold the elections should be carried out further without succumbing to any pressure from the dissenting political parties.

KC also said that the provisions of threshold should be included in the CA elections bill and that the number of MPs in the new CA elections should not exceed 491.

Speaking at the same interaction program, CPN UML politburo member Bhim Rawal also ruled out any compromise in provisioning threshold laws in the CA elections bill. Terming the whole effort to remove threshold laws as a move towards party less system, Rawal said that such provisions should not be removed at any cost.

However, President of the Rashtriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party, Sharat Singh Bhandari opposed the provisioning of threshold laws in the CA elections bill. He claimed removing threshold laws is important to hold meaningful elections and warned that the CA elections can’t be held if their 13 point demands were not addressed.

Speaking at an interaction program in Janakpur organized by Reporters’ Club, Rayamajhi said the mid-May elections were not likely as the opposition parties were not ready for elections.  Saying that the CA elections should be held at any cost, he argued to go for the CA elections by possessing the tasks done by the dissolved CA.