CPN Leader Prachanda Intensifies Criticism Against Rastriya Swatantra Party

Kathmandu. The Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has recently started making aggressive statements against the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).

On Thursday, during a meeting of the Election Mobilization Committee at the Central Office in Parisdanda, he concluded that there are two types of extremism in current politics and stated that his party would not form an alliance with any side in the election.

Prachanda clarified that he would not cooperate with either the CPN-UML, which he labeled as regressive, or the RSP, which he termed a populist party. Addressing the Salyan-Kathmandu Contact Forum program on Friday, he asserted that the CPN is the newest in terms of ideology and issues.

'They are talking about new and old, what is new? What is old? The newest thing today is the Republic, it is Federalism. The newest is the Communist Party of Nepal. The CPN is the one that has secured rights for Adivasi Janajatis, all oppressed sectors, Muslims, Tharus, and Madhesis,' he said. 'I want to challenge everyone who claims to be new. What new issues have you brought? Is there anything newer than the Republic? What you are calling new movements and issues is not new. Are you trying to claim novelty by promoting liberal capitalism and comprador capitalism?'

At the program, he reiterated that the CPN is the newest in terms of ideology and issues. Prachanda asserted that nothing in Nepal is more significant than establishing the Republic, Federalism, and granting rights and identity to oppressed communities.