Joint
Programmes
AT A time when the
country is badly marred by the increasing activities of the so-called Maoist terrorists,
it is indeed, a good sign that all the mainstream political parties of the country have
agreed to join hands to foil each attempt of the terrorists including their call for the
five-day bandh t beginning from 23rd April. At an all-party meeting held at President of
Rastriya Prajatantra Party and former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa’s residence,
Maligaon and participated in by the topmost leaders of all the political parties the other
day, laid emphasis on creating an environment of coordination, goodwill and mutual
confidence among the political parties. The meeting also decided to organise an-all party
rally in Kathmandu on May 10. With the all-party meet it has become apparent that the
mainstream political parties do not delay to unite to safeguard the multiparty democracy
which was ushered in in the country with their joint efforts 12 years back. Unity is
power. The all-party mass meeting slated for May 10 will surely remind many the similar
mass meet held just after the successful Jana Andolan of 1990.
No doubt, the country
is now facing different crises and the so-called Maoists are responsible for the present
state of affairs. As such it was highly essential for all the mainstream political parties
to come up with joint programmes to protect the sovereignty and the democratic rights of
the people. For this, they should focus to free the country from the claws of terrorists,
which is impossible without mobilising the political forces of all sorts. In fact, with
the criminal activities of the terrorists, political activities of the mainstream
political parties have been almost nil in the villages. This is why the security forces
have been lately raising voices for more cooperation from the local political parties so
that it would be easier to identify and bring the terrorist under law. The decision of
organizing an all-party mass meeting at the open-air theater is in itself the most sought
after thing the people were expecting to happen much earlier. Similar mass meetings need
to be organised outside the Valley too. Such all-party mass meeting could pave ways in
resolving the current impasse which has pushed the country further backwards thereby
terrorizing people, destroying development infrastructures, killing innocent people in the
name of the so-called peoples’ war.
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