The CPN-UML has revised the statements presented by parliamentary party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ during the first session of the House of Representatives, deeming them inconsistent with the party’s core values. After nearly six hours of review, the UML secretariat reaffirmed the party’s commitment to maintaining amicable relations with the Nepal Army, police, and international organizations. The secretariat meeting asserted that the election of the parliamentary party leader was conducted without any directive, control, or intervention from the party and appealed to its members refraining from making public comments. Kathmandu, 19 Chaitra.
The CPN-UML expressed that the remarks made by parliamentary party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ in the first meeting of the House of Representatives did not align with the party’s principles and have since been corrected. The party secretariat spent approximately six hours on Friday reviewing Badal’s statements. Following the review, the secretariat clarified that UML maintains cordial relationships with the Nepal Army, police personnel, administrative staff, and international bodies. In a statement issued after the meeting, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel described Badal’s viewpoint as impractical.
Badal had sarcastically commented on the prime minister’s congratulations delivered in parliament. He portrayed votes received from the public in a conspiratorial and disparaging manner. Most leaders in the secretariat meeting expressed that Badal’s remarks were inaccurate and required clarification consistent with party policy. In the House of Representatives’ first session, Badal delivered a speech lasting about 6 minutes and 17 seconds during which he questioned the election results.
Badal concluded that invisible foreign powers played a role in ensuring the unity party’s victory. He questioned, “Did armed groups appear on the 23rd/24th with anarchic intent? Under whose directive were former prime ministers and home ministers illegally detained?” In response to these controversial assertions, the UML secretariat firmly stated that the party continues to uphold longstanding amicable relations with the concerned authorities.
The meeting confirmed that the parliamentary party leadership election transpired without any party directive, control, or interference. Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatt clarified that the secretariat explicitly stated the party had no involvement in directing or interfering with the process. “The Election Committee completed the set procedures and declared the party’s vice presidents and Ram Bahadur Thapa elected unopposed,” Bhatt explained. Furthermore, the meeting strongly opposed the government’s proposed hundred-point program, particularly the decision to dissolve student organizations, urging the government to revoke this move.
