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Kathmandu Wednesday January 30, 2002 Magh 17, 2058.
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UML to keep eye on Govt,
Maoists
RSS
KATHMANDU, Jan 29:The CPN-UML has stated that it
will endorse the state of emergency only after making a deep analysis of the activities of
the government and the Maoists since its proclamation.
Making the assessment that the Maoists have not
been brought under control, innocent people and the activists of the non-Maoist parties
had been killed, the abuse of administrative machinery had increased and terror has not
declined, the party has alleged that the state of emergency has not been able to achieve
its set objectives.
Speaking at a training programme for party
activists organised by the CPN-UML Valley Coordination Committee in connection with the
state of emergency and the ordinance designed to prevent terrorist and disruptive
activities, CPN-UML Standing Committee member Bharat Mohan Adhikari said that the specter
of financial crisis looms larger than the Maoist problem.
Stating that the government had resorted to
irrational decisions in raising the security budget, curtailing the development budget
meant for the villages and imposing additional taxes, he said it was ironical that the
government did not have any idea of increasing economic development activities in the
country.
Pointing out the need for massive economic,
social and political reform including amendment of the Constitution to take the country
ahead, Adhikari said the main political parties have agreed to evolve a common minimum
programme in a transparent manner.
He also called for initiating the task of
reforms including amendment of the Constitution from the forthcoming winter session of
Parliament.
At the gathering chaired by the Valley
Coordination Committee secretary Krishna Gopal Shrestha, committee in-charge Keshav Prasad
Badal said that the cadres should be alert during the period of emergency while
Bhanubhakta Dhakal said that CPN-UML leaders and people’s representatives were being
arrested without any valid reason.
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