Youth Wing of CPN-UML Condemns 'Persecution' of Leaders Following Cabinet Meeting

Kathmandu. The National Youth Association Nepal, the sister organization of the CPN (UML), has expressed serious concern over the crackdown on Chairman and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.

The association's Chairman, Maharaj Gurung, issued a press statement today, stating that the treatment meted out to leaders in the name of implementing the Gauri Bahadur Karki Commission report in the first meeting of the newly formed Council of Ministers is the height of 'political vendetta' and 'prejudice'.

The Youth Association alleged that the Gauri Bahadur Karki Commission, formed to investigate the incidents of Bhadra 23 and 24, lost its impartiality from the beginning. The statement read, 'It is our conclusion that this report is presented as a document to legitimize revenge, not to seek truth.' The association understands that this action, taken less than 24 hours after the government was formed based on interpretations that cannot be legally confirmed and are fabricated, is an attack on the rule of law and the legal system.

Condemning such treatment of leaders who dedicated their lives to the democratic movement, the Youth Association demanded the unconditional release of those leaders and the immediate scrapping of the Karki Commission report, which they deemed prejudiced.

The Youth Association warned that if the government does not immediately withdraw its 'vindictive' decision, it will launch strong nationwide resistance programs.