KATHMANDU, JULY 6
Nepal Red Cross Society has denounced the vandalism carried out at its office.
Organising a press conference today, NRCS president Sudarshan Prasad Nepal accused the group under the leadership of immediate past president Dr Netra Prasad Timsina of carrying out the vandalism.
He alleged that Timsina's group came to the NRCS central office yesterday and indulged in the act of vandalism.
"It is not proper for a person like the immediate past president of NRCS to come to the Red Cross secretariat and be involved in vandalism. We want to keep the Red Cross' credibility high," NRCS president Nepal said. The government, on May 14, formed a 33-member Ad-hoc Committee under Nepal's chairmanship with the termination of Dr Timsina's term. The government has directed the Ad-hoc Committee to hold the NRCS' elections within three months.
NRCS general-secretary Bhupati Lal Shrestha said Dr Timsina's team had resorted to vandalism instead of seeking a solution through talks and dialogue. According to him, at 1:30pm yesterday, a team led by Dr Timsina vandalised the offices of the general-secretary and the deputy general-secretary.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 7, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
