Revolutionary Communist Party Demands Dissolution of Balen Shah Government, Citing Failure and Anti-National Policies

Kathmandu. The Revolutionary Communist Party, Nepal has concluded that the government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah (Balen) is completely failed, anti-national, and heading in a fascist direction, demanding its immediate dissolution. 

In a statement issued by the party's General Secretary CP Gajurel Gaurav, emphasis was placed on the need for all patriotic and leftist forces to unite and form a sovereign joint government to save the country from Sikkimese-ization.

The statement accused the Balen government of trying to eliminate the poor, not poverty, by displacing the poor and landless. The party stated that bulldozers were run over settlements across the country, disregarding even the Supreme Court's order, without identifying and managing the actual landless, and that citizens have been left stranded in holding centers for over a month. Furthermore, the party has termed the government's actions of stopping the parliamentary session and forcing the President to sign ordinances, arresting KP Oli and Ramesh Lekhak in the name of the Gauribahadur Karki Commission's recommendations, and abolishing student and trade unions as fascist practices.

The statement also carries a serious allegation that the government has compromised the country's sovereignty by surrendering to India. The party claims that the extradition treaty (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters) signed by Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sobita Gautam with India has opened the way for Indian police to establish a base in Nepal in the name of criminal investigation. The Balen government is accused of working at the behest of the Indian ruling class by signing an agreement that no previous parliamentary party could achieve.

The party has called the budget for the upcoming fiscal year presented by Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle a neo-liberal and anti-people budget that benefits multinational corporations and brokers. The statement mentions that the budget has burdened the country with over 6 kharba 57 arba more debt, adopted a policy of pushing youth abroad instead of creating employment opportunities within the country, and broken the backs of the poor by increasing taxes on electricity consumption. The party believes that taxes imposed on education and health have put these essential services out of reach of the general public, and that the Ministry of Finance has shown its majority arrogance by forcibly altering the scope of taxes in the finance bill already registered in parliament.

The party has called Prime Minister Balen's statement in parliament, 'Nepal seems to have encroached on Indian land in many places,' a treasonous statement. The party accuses the Prime Minister of following the path of Lendup Dorje by comparing land used by locals due to changes in river flow with Indian encroachment on Limpiyadhura, Kalapani, and Susta. The statement notes that the Prime Minister has proven to be immature and stubborn in diplomacy by trying to involve Britain and China in Nepal-India border issues, only for India to outright reject it. Similarly, it is claimed that the grand welcome and visit of Rastriya Swatantra Party chairman Ravi Lamichhane to India will further increase Indian interference in Nepal.

Stating that national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the rights of the people cannot be protected by this government, the Revolutionary Communist Party has said that a new alternative must be sought to save the country. The statement concludes by calling on all revolutionary and patriotic forces to 'engage in a strong struggle to form a sovereign joint government by building a strong joint front through a national political conference.'