CPN UML Concludes Government Actions Are Prejudiced and Targeted

Kathmandu. The main opposition party CPN UML has concluded that the government has been prejudiced and focused on itself.

Speaking after a meeting at the residence of party chairman KP Sharma Oli in Gundu on Tuesday evening, Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta said that the government's recent activities were aimed at UML and were inappropriate.

The meeting deemed the arrest of party Vice-Chairman Bishnu Prasad Paudel as illegal, retaliatory, and prejudiced. Paudel was arrested from the venue of a party program organized in Surkhet and brought to Kathmandu.

UML has claimed that the subject for which Paudel was arrested does not fall within the jurisdiction of the body in whose name he was arrested. Warning the government to immediately stop such activities, UML has demanded the unconditional release of Vice-Chairman Paudel.

Deputy General Secretary Bhatta said, 'Vice-Chairman Bishnu Prasad Paudel was coming with a ticket to Kathmandu. However, he was arrested in Surkhet yesterday. It is our conclusion that this matter does not fall within the jurisdiction of the body that made the arrest. Therefore, this process is not lawful.'

UML also stated that the court's order to extend the detention period for investigation by seven days was neither expected nor just. Bhatta added, 'The party has only one demand for now – his unconditional release. Such activities focused on UML and carried out with prejudice are not appropriate.'

UML has stated that it has taken the arrest of Paudel very seriously. Bhatta informed that the party will fight a legal battle in the coming days and will also take other necessary steps in a timely manner.