Nepal Communist Party (United) Leader Claims Major Parties Share Identical Policies

Kathmandu. Ghanshyam Bhusal, the acting chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (United), has commented that Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Nepali Congress, and CPN-UML are programmatically similar. While unveiling the party's manifesto on Tuesday, he stated that the policy paths of political parties including RSP, Congress, UML, and the Nepali Communist Party are essentially the same.

He alleged that although these political forces differ in name, slogan, and style, they are all following the same policy track. He claimed that the competition among them is only in deceiving the public. He noted that the path taken by Panchayat in its final stages towards liberalism is the same path currently being followed by democracy and the present republic.

He pointed out that there is no significant difference between the economic commitments in the manifesto of the Nepali Communist Party led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who emerged from the people's war, and the agreement paper of RSP, which claims to represent the new generation. He criticized their promise to reach a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 150 trillion rupees in five years as merely a competition in deception.

Bhusal accused the current political trend of moving towards populism. He labeled CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli as the 'supreme patriarch of populism' and referred to leaders in other parties as patriarchs. He claimed that CPN (United) is distinct from the populist stream.

He mentioned that CPN (United) will always play the role of the opposition in politics. He also clarified that the party will have no claim to join the government after the elections. He informed that due to having very little time for legal and political reorganization before the elections, the party could not field candidates in all constituencies.

According to him, CPN (United) has fielded 35 candidates in direct elections and 109 candidates under proportional representation. He stated that regardless of the level of participation in the parliament, the party will not join the government and will remain in the opposition.