Prachanda seems restless amidst fear of loosing the election. The speculation is that Maoist will have to struggle hard even to position them as fourth largest political party.

Maoist chairman Prachanda (File Photo)

Maoist chairman Prachanda has spit venom at the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) terming the party as a ‘traitor.’

After his overtures to the UML failed to entice the latter to forge electoral alliance, Prachanda has started to flay the party.

Addressing an election rally in Siphal of Kathmandu on Tuesday, Prachanda accused the UML of selling out Mahakali river (referring to the controversial Mahakali Treaty with India signed over a decade ago) and ‘betraying’ the Nepali people at crucial moments (referring to the UML decision of joining Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government after October 4, 2002 step by King Gyanendra).

“What do these parties think of the people? Nepali people are not fools. They know who are traitors,” he said.

Prachanda claimed that his party had broached the issue of leftist electoral alliance not because it feared defeat in the election but because it wished to institutionalise republic.

He also added that UML used to win the election in the past by putting itself forward as a communist party. Now the original communist party has come forth and there is no need to go for make-believes, he said. nepalnews.com sd Mar 11 08