CPN-UML Leader Thapa Calls for Party Reorganization Amidst Political Criticism

Kathmandu. CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ has stated that the party needs to be reorganized based on new ideas and policies by correcting its weaknesses. Addressing a program organized by the CPN (UML) Bagmati Province Committee on Friday, Thapa termed the current success achieved by the opposition as ‘temporary’ and emphasized the need to establish the party on a new foundation to ensure UML’s victory.

Stating that the opposition has achieved temporary success due to its own weaknesses, he asserted that it is imperative to move forward with new policies and ideas to overcome this. ‘Although they have achieved temporary success now, they have succeeded by leveraging our weaknesses, but this success is temporary,’ Thapa said. ‘Therefore, to make this success temporary, we must reorganize the party on a new foundation, with new ideas and new policies, and move forward. Only then can we achieve victory again.’

He claimed that the current situation in the country is a post-counter-revolution and post-regressive state. Describing the incident of Bhadra 24 as unconstitutional and regressive, he clarified that it was not a revolution.

Leader Thapa seriously accused the current government formed after February 21, including the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), of moving towards arbitrariness and authoritarianism. He mentioned that the government is trying to curtail the fundamental right of citizens to organize and is oppressing the landless. He stated that the activities of the current government have attacked the dignity of the republic and democratic institutions.

‘The RSP government established after February 21 is now implementing arbitrariness and authoritarianism. It is trying to snatch the fundamental right of the people to organize and is oppressing the landless,’ Thapa said. ‘It is undermining the democratic institutions and the republic itself. What is the political meaning of the Prime Minister walking out in the middle of the President’s address? This means they want to end the republic and are showing disrespect towards the republic.’

Thapa termed the Prime Minister’s recent statement on border disputes and nationality as ‘national surrenderism’. He claimed that the Prime Minister’s statement that Nepal has encroached upon a lot of Indian land is merely a game to sustain power. ‘The political meaning of this is to make an offer to India – if you help sustain my power, we are ready to return the land that is said to be encroached upon,’ he said. ‘In political terms, this is national surrenderism, an attempt made to sustain power.’ He stated that the Prime Minister’s statement showed an intention to give land back to India.

Similarly, Thapa expressed strong suspicion over the recent visit of the RSP chairman to India and the high-level reception he received there. He argued that it is not a normal matter for a party chairman to be given a grand reception at the level of Prime Minister or President in India.

‘In this situation, the RSP chairman went to India. We all saw on television how a party chairman was grandly welcomed by the Prime Minister, Home Minister, Foreign Minister, National Security Advisor, and top leaders of the ruling party,’ Thapa said. ‘The political meaning of this is that they are not satisfied with the current leadership and show signs of wanting to help establish someone else in Nepal’s leadership.’ He claimed that external powers are dissatisfied with the current leadership of Nepal and appear willing to establish new leadership.