Sarita Prasai, a leader of the Nepali Congress, has issued a warning to the party leadership against hindering efforts to unify the party. Addressing Vice Chairperson Bishwaprakash Sharma, she asked, “This gathering is not aimed at dividing the party but at fostering unity. Why did you attempt to obstruct such an initiative?” Speaking at an event held in Biratnagar on 31 Jestha, she highlighted the risk to the nation if the Nepali Congress remains weak.
Prasai expressed dissatisfaction with the leadership’s tendency to respond negatively and try to suppress internal party meetings and grievances, instead of viewing them in a constructive light. Referring to Vice Chairperson Sharma at a program organized by another faction of the Congress, she said, “We are comrades who have long worked together in politics, advancing step by step from the district level of the Nepal Students Union to the central leadership. Now, you are leading the party, and at such a time, there should be efforts to further strengthen the party, yet it is disheartening that you are attempting to stop these meetings.”
Expressing concern over the country’s current political situation, parliamentary deadlock, and ongoing attacks on the constitution, she warned, “Whenever the Nepali Congress begins to falter, it leads the country toward crisis. Right now, there is uncertainty about whether the constitution and the established system will persist. At this critical moment, the nation’s oldest party, the Congress, must not remain in a state of confusion.” Regarding the upcoming local and provincial assembly elections, she stressed that alienating grassroots workers would make winning the elections impossible. “If these comrades do not support you, can the Congress win the elections?” she questioned the leadership. “If we fail to win, what will be our position in the National Assembly?”
