Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, May 28

Left parties have condemned the dissolution of the House of Representatives terming the prime minister’s move as “undemocratic, unconstitutional and autocratic”.

The CPN (Unity Centre) and the CPN (Marxist-Leninist), in separate press statement released on Tuesday, have stated the dissolution of the House and simultaneous announcement of election has further plunged the country into the deeper waters.

The Deuba government’s step to maintain status quo and aggravate the crises is totally irresponsible, conspiratorial, mysterious and regressive,” said the MLM following its politburo meeting held on Tuesday. The party has also drawn attention of the people over the fact that the mid-term polls slated for November 13 cannot be held under free and fair circumstances.

"The Government’s decision to dissolve the House, after seeing no likelihood to extend the emergency, and imposition of emergency thereafter are against the spirit of the Constitution, and is unconstitutional, undemocratic and autocratic move,” said the Unity Centre.

“Announcement of mid-term polls at one hand and clamping of emergency on the other further elucidates that the recent decisions by the government were undertaken as per conspiratorial regressive scheme,” the Unity Centre added. “The recent developments only clarify that Deuba government is bent on handing over the state’s authority to the army.”