CPN-UML Leader Suggests Avoiding Demoralizing Statements Amidst Elections

Kathmandu. CPN-UML leader Surendra Pandey has advised the party leadership to refrain from making statements that could lower the morale of cadres during the election period. Pandey offered this suggestion while implicitly targeting a remark made by Chairman KP Sharma Oli regarding ticket distribution.

He stated, "Our main responsibility at this sensitive juncture of the election is to unite the party. At such a time, the leadership's expressions should not diminish the morale of the cadres, but rather provide the energy to connect everyone. It is political maturity to face external challenges based on institutional decisions and collective ideas rather than publicly diminishing one's own comrades."

Pandey further added, "We accepted the calculation of ticket distribution without protest for the sake of the party's interest, but prejudiced remarks hold no positive meaning for our shared resolve to make UML victorious. For me, friends who hold ideological disagreements are equally respectable UML members, and I do not have the political culture to hold prejudice against anyone just because of differing opinions. Therefore, instead of getting entangled in the futile refutation of comments, I am currently fully engaged in the field to ensure the victory of UML candidates and to uphold the organization's reputation."

Oli had commented that some influential leaders of the CPN-UML were not given tickets because their victory was not assured.