CP Mainali-led CPN (ML) Criticizes Government Policies, Demands Transparency on Foreign Aid

Kathmandu. CPN (ML) has made 5-point decisions. The standing committee meeting held on Sunday raised serious questions about the current government's activities and foreign aid, making public 5-point decisions. The meeting, chaired by General Secretary C.P. Mainali, has the following main decisions regarding the activities of the government led by Balen Shah and national security:

1. CPN (ML) has strongly opposed the government's attempt to rule through ordinances by postponing the parliamentary session and bringing in one ordinance after another, calling it an 'attempt to rule through ordinances'. The party deems this an insult to both parliament and parliamentarians.

2. Calling the bulldozing of squatter settlements impractical and anti-people, CPN (ML) has demanded the identification and management of genuine squatters first. The party emphasized that the long-term solution to the problem should be policy-based, not through bulldozing.

3. CPN (ML) has termed the involvement of the Nepali Army in demanding details of squatters and evicting them as unnatural. The party has drawn the government's attention to such activities outside the army's scope of work, which raises doubts about the army's role.

4. The party has questioned the government's move to take approximately 28 billion rupees in loans from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, contrary to its commitment not to increase foreign debt. It has also demanded the truth about discussions related to MCC, SPP, and uranium mining in Mustang be made public.

5. CPN (ML) suspects that the US government's proposal to provide six helicopters and billions of dollars in aid to the Nepali Army could be part of the controversial SPP. The party has demanded that the government reject such aid, stating it is not in the national interest.