Communist Party Spokesperson Calls for United Front Against Fascism and Imperialism

Kathmandu. Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) Secretariat member and party spokesperson Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma ‘Prakanda’ has stated that efforts will be made to build a united front against the threat of fascism and to protect the country's independence.  

Speaking at a joint training program of party-affiliated people's organizations, fronts, and departments organized in Kathmandu on Sunday, he emphasized the need for a united front against the fascist tendencies of the ruling powers.  

Claiming that the country's situation has changed significantly after August 23 and 24, he accused that tendencies leaning towards fascism are trying to dominate by abolishing even the progressive provisions of the constitution.  Spokesperson Prakanda mentioned that the daily lives of citizens are becoming difficult and the state is suppressing those who raise their voices for public rights from the streets, adding that discussions are underway to build a united front against this.  

He said, ‘Imperialist intervention and fascism are the main challenges of today, and other political forces that desire the country's well-being also seem to realize this. Therefore, a united front is essential among all patriotic, truly democratic forces, and leftist and communist forces.’  

During the training, he claimed that questions are beginning to arise regarding the intervention against squatters, the government's policies and programs, the Prime Minister's statement on border disputes, and the government's behavior leading up to the Rastriya Swatantra Party's general convention.

At the program, spokesperson Prakanda informed that a section of individuals within the party who were attempting to form factions in the name of unity and conspire against the party's policies and leadership have recently been relieved of their responsibilities by a secretariat meeting. He clarified that attempts were being made to create confusion in the name of unity, stating, ‘We want the reorganization and unity of the communist movement, but that does not mean abandoning the party's commitment to ideology, objectives, class, and socialist revolution and merging into some party. Those friends who said unity should happen by abandoning the issues of ideology and organization have neither understood the party and its ideology, nor have they understood themselves; this is merely a matter of despair and escapism.’

He questioned that unity means discussing ideology, programs, and leadership and moving forward on a new basis, and asked if those talking about unity now are in a position to proceed in that manner. Targeting the leaders who are talking about joining the party led by Prachanda, he said, ‘What difference will it make to that party if the friends who are currently talking about joining the party led by Prachanda do so? I don't think it has any meaning or relevance; it doesn't mean anything. What the party led by Prachanda needs is transformation and leadership; there is no shortage of cadres there.’  

He stated that the country's current economic and political situation is linked to geopolitical factors and the systemic crisis of neoliberal capitalism, and therefore, the time has come to prepare for a socialist revolution and take initiatives for the reorganization of the communist movement.