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Kathmandu Thursday January 03, 2002 Paush 19, 2058.
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NC all set to form broader democratic
alliance: Koirala
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Jan 2 - Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija
Prasad Koirala said that "political vacuum" in the country has seriously
hindered the process of ending terrorist attacks in the country.
"I have readied a framework for a broader democratic
alliance of all political parties for filling this vacuum, which has so far come as a
stumbling bloc in ending terrorism, to intensify economic development," Koirala said
addressing the gathering of NC party workers in the capital.
The power of broader democratic alliance in the country
according to Koirala would be swifter and more vigorous than the combined might of the
Royal Nepal Army and police put together. "It would isolate the Maoists from the
masses but the present morale of the political parties has fallen to its lowest
level," he said.
Citing great NC leader late B.P. Koirala’s call for
broader political unity and national reconciliation, Koirala said the King and democracy
must be combined to speed up political, social and economic reforms.
"Our civil liberty has been suspended. To get it back,
it is imperative that all political parties unite together," Koirala said.
Speaking on the occasion, Arjun Narsingh KC said the state of
emergency in the country has greatly affected the lives in rural Nepal. "No villagers
are willing to leave district headquarters and resume normal works due to the adverse
situation created by the state emergency." He urged the government to bring to an end
such a panicky situation in the country as soon as possible.
He said the CPN-UML and the ML are already in a process to
form an alliance taking stock of the current situation and the NC is closely following the
development.
"NC will stick to reinforcing Koirala’s
14-point-programme towards realising this objective and seeks early end to current
crisis."
The NC is all set to form an all-party committee in every
district to form an alliance with a view to ending uncertainty prevailing in the country.
Prominent NC leaders Ram Babu Prasai, Nar Hari Acharya,
Tirtha Ram Dangol also expressed their views on the occasion.
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