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Kathmandu Saturday March 24, 2001 Chaitra 11, 2057.
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Legal
experts raise question of porpriety
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 23 - Five of
the Leftist parties today agreed to head their protest programs to the streets demanding
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s resignation over the controversial Lauda Air
deal in a "planned and organized" manner.
A press release issued here
today by the joint agitation committee of the main opposition Communist Party of Nepal
(United Marxist-Leninist) (UML), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, National Peoples’
Front, United People’s Front and Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) states that
they were taking their demonstrations to the streets "to end the present situation
heading more and more towards instability."
"Despite the joint call
for the PM’s resignations, the PM is instead trying to draw a curtain towards his
corrupt activities," says the release. The street demonstration is to start from
March 26.
Meanwhile, CPN (UML) today
also announced a Movement Mobilisation Committee (MMC) aimed at ousting Prime Minister
Girija Prasad Koirala from his office. The committee has 54 members with Krishna Gopal
Shrestha as its co-ordinator.
CPN-UML leader K P Oli
speaking at a programme organized by MMC, said that it was unfortunate that the country
was currently ruled by the Nepali Congress and the country’s bigger misfortune was
that Girija Prasad Koirala was the Prime Minister.
"CPN-UML will make
Girija resign at any cost. All measures will be exercised to oust Girija," said Oli.
CPN-UML was ready to carry out any such programme and not just disrupt the
parliament," said Oli.
Oli even lambasted the
government’s move to run the House with the help of marshals and said that the party
was all prepared to face any move of the Nepali Congress. "CPN-UML alone can take
care of NC government. Our party does not need the Maoist help in this regard," said
Oli.
"Our movement will not
be affected even if Rastriya Prajatantra Party doesn’t join hands with us in our
protest programmes in the streets," said Oli.
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