Prachanda Alleges Foreign Powers Investing Heavily to Promote Balen Shah

Kathmandu. The Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', has alleged that foreign powers are investing heavily to establish Balendra Shah (Balen), a senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).

Addressing an integration and merger program with the Chure Bhawar Party in Kathmandu on Tuesday, Dahal claimed that external forces are promoting those who gain popularity based on 'stunts' rather than ideology and principles.

Former Prime Minister Dahal stated that it is not auspicious for the country when those who work merely for publicity, sidelining the politics of sacrifice, austerity, and martyrdom, are promoted. He said, "We are seeing that foreign powers are investing heavily to promote those who become popular merely by doing stunts, rather than by ideology and political values, and to promote such individuals."

He asserted that such forces are advancing the campaign against corruption and the issue of social justice not genuinely, but only in a publicity-oriented manner. Dahal mentioned that the unity among communist and leftist forces is indispensable to build national strength and work in favor of the country and the people.

He stated that he has intensified the polarization process of communist parties precisely to honor history and organize movements based on political values. Asserting that only the unity of communist and patriotic forces can save the country from the current crisis, he called upon other scattered forces to participate in the unity process.