KATHMANDU, APRIL 9
Chair of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal said his party's future was bright as it was committed to the goals of socialism.
Addressing a party gathering at Bhrikuti Mandap here today, Nepal said they formed a new party as the UML leadership had deviated from the goals of communism and socialism.
"Many people are joining our party because we have chosen right political course," Nepal said, "Let those people that engage in gossip talk nonsense. We will show people our deeds."
In an oblique reference to UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, Nepal said people were unnecessarily building view towers but the money being spent on view towers should be used in productive sector. He said the country had completed political revolution but it had yet to complete revolution to achieve goals of socialism.
Nepal said party leaders and cadres needed to culturally transform to win people's minds and hearts.
He said the UML was defaming Madan Kumar Bahandari and people's multi-party democracy propounded by Bhandari.
Nepal said the pace at which development projects, including fast track road project, were being carried out was not satisfactory.
Senior CPN (US) leader Jhalanath Khanal said the Oli-led government had almost two-thirds majority and it could achieve a lot in 42 months, but it did not do anything. "We had the opportunity to distribute land to landless people and eradicate illiteracy, but the Oli government did not do this," Khanal said, adding that Oli government served the interests of foreign powers, including the United States and rightists' forces.
Khanal said his party chose to champion the cause of socialism as people's multi-party democracy programme or capitalist programmes alone would not suffice to achieve socialism.
Khanal said the country should try to be self-reliant and only those things that could not be produced in Nepal should be imported. He deplored that some companies, including Bansbari Leather Factory were unnecessarily privatised. Khanal said that Nepal had changed into a consumer-driven country.
