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Kathmandu Sunday December 30, 2001 Paush 15, 2058.
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ML raises concern over ‘prejudiced’
arrests
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 29 - The CPN-ML has expressed its
concern over prejudiced arrests of its cadres during the one-month long state of
emergency. According to the party, the government has arrested 91 of its cadres since the
declaration of the emergency on November 26.
"Among the detained, 62 party workers are
still in the custody of the government," said Yogesh Bhattarai, member secretary of
the party’s Emergency Evaluation Committee. The government has already released 29 of
the party workers after interrogation, Bhattarai said.
Speaking at a discussion programme on CPN-ML and
the State of Emergency, CPN-ML politburo member Radha Krishna Mainali underlined the need
for political parties to arrive at concensus on certain topics to
pull the country out of the present crisis.
We must now introduce a thorough amendment in
the Constitution instead of little amendment, as it is the need of the country, said ML
activist Ramman Shrestha.
Head of the party’s Foreign Department
Hiranya Lal Shrestha drew the attention of the government and urged to take seriously the
‘economic emergency’ that is "lurking within the state emergency."
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