Posted by: gurkha's August 24, 2007
MAOBADI PRACHANDA KO ARKO CHAL
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KATHMANDU, Aug 24 - Maoist Chairman Prachanda Friday proposed to postpone the Constituent Assembly elections to Baisakh (mid-April to mid-May). Stating that there was no point making a rush for the November 22 polls, the Maoist Chairman said that it would make no difference if the polls are held in mid-April-mid-May. Addressing an interaction programme organised by the CPN-M in the capital today, Prachanda said that instead of forcing the elections as in the days of the Panchayati regime, his party would have no objection if the polls are postponed to mid-April. “We cannot and we should not tolerate any elections that resemble the Panchayati regime polls,” said Prachanda. “To hold the CA polls in a true sense, there should be a round-table conference and we have always stressed on that.” Prachanda said that it was a bit inconvenient on the part of his party to reach out to the people asking for votes when the conflict victims are yet to get compensation and the state of the ‘disappeared’ is yet to be made public. Prachanda also accused the other parties of postponing the polls in June. The Maoist Chairman said that his party made a mistake by signing agreements with the seven parties in a hurry that too without the people’s mandate just after signing of the 12-party agreement. “We, indeed, feel like we have been backstabbed. We signed the agreements anticipating that the CA polls would immediately happen when the entire population of the country was in favour of a republican set up,” said Prachanda. “Now when it is said that we are against the polls, it hurts.”
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