Country heading towards election-Prachanda

 Mangalbare (Ilam), June 11: Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the country is heading towards election.

            Chairperson Prachanda further said that the government's decision on the contentious issues of high-level political mechanism, threshold, election act and election date will be agreeable for them when parties could not strike a deal to that end.

            Talking to journalists at a press conference organized by Revolutionary Journalists' Association, Ilam this morning, he claimed that the election will take place by coming November

            'We have entrusted the government to settle the issues which remained disputed among the political parties. However, we all parties have reached a consensus to accept the government decision to that effect', he said, adding that, 'It has enabled environment for election'.

            Responding a query, he said the government decision even on the threshold will be acceptable for their party and made it clear that the high-level political committee and parties will not obstruct the government to act on the matters.

            Collaboration with like-minded forces will take palce in the coming Constituent Assembly (CA) election, he said.

            However, he ruled out possible merger between Mohan Baidhya-led CPN-Maoist now. 'Leader Baidhya will join the UCPN (Maoist) sooner or later but this time may be after the election'.

            He also said that election will not tbe stopped even if Baidhya group does not want election to take place.

            Leader Prachanda has arrived in Ilam to inaugurate the central general convention of the Limbuwan National Liberation Front taking place in Panchthar from today. RSS