CPN-UML Demands Immediate Release of Party Chairman KP Oli and Former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak

Kathmandu. The CPN (UML) has demanded the immediate release of party Chairman KP Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel informed that the Secretariat meeting held at the UML Central Office in Chyasal on Saturday demanded the immediate release of Oli and Lekhak, stating that their arrests were illegal.

The meeting condemned the arrests, concluding that the arrests were contrary to democracy and the rule of law. Furthermore, the meeting decided to strongly protest the incident legally and politically and announced a series of protest programs.

According to General Secretary Pokhrel, it was decided to hold widespread demonstrations in the headquarters of every district, as well as organized by the District Party Committee, and to submit a letter of protest to the Chief District Officer.

The meeting also decided to engage in dialogue and cooperation with all parties that support democracy and the rule of law, he informed. He stated that the party demanded the formation of a separate commission led by a sitting Supreme Court judge to investigate the incidents related to the Gen-G movement.

CPN-UML Chairman Oli and former Home Minister Lekhak were arrested on Saturday based on the recommendations provided by the commission headed by former Justice Gauribahadur Karki, which was formed to investigate the Gen-G movement that took place on Bhadra 23 and 24.