CPN-UML Leader Ram Bahadur Thapa Questions Army Deployment in Squatter Settlements

Kathmandu. CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa has raised serious questions about the government and army's role in the deployment of the Nepali Army in squatter settlements. 

Talking to media persons at the Parliament building premises on Tuesday, he expressed suspicion as to why the army was deployed in squatter settlements.

Leader Thapa informed that he raised this issue in the parliament as well, accusing the army, which remained silent when Singha Durbar was burning, of now dancing at the government's behest. He strongly objected that although the country suffered great damage during the Genji movement in the last week of Bhadra, the issue was not included in the government's policy and programs. 

While expressing his views, Thapa said, 'Why was the army deployed in squatter settlements? I raised that question in the parliament. Why did the army remain silent when the country and Singha Durbar were burning? I raised that question. The answer to this question did not come in the policy and programs.'

He also claimed that his role and activism would help uplift the CPN-UML even more strongly. His argument is that the government's use of a sensitive institution like the army to remove squatters is against democratic values and norms. 

Thapa commented that the policy and programs failed to address the country's real problems and recent political events.