Nepal news - CPN-Maoist will boycott Nov poll: Gurung

CPN-Maoist will boycott Nov poll: Gurung
PALPA: CPN-Maoist Secretary Dev Gurung on Friday reiterated that his party will boycott the November election for it was “designed” by India. Speaking at the party’s Magarat state committee meeting and training programme in Tansen, Gurung claimed that the Constituent Assembly election, scheduled for November 19, will lead Nepal towards Sikkimisation. He further said his party will not take part in the election with any precondition.
Gurung warned that the CPN-Maoist will not let the Constituent Assembly election happen unless the Khil Raj Regmi-led interim government is replaced with a partisan government. More than 250 cadres were present in the programme today. The bloc of 33 parties led by CPN-Maoist has consistently been opposing the November poll citing that it was announced by the non-partisan government.
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CPN-Maoist rejects offer for talks
KATHMANDU, July 17: The High Level Political Committee (HLPC) on Wednesday formally invited the CPN-Maoist and other dissident political parties for talks but the agitating leaders have rejected the offer. UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who also heads the HLPC, wrote an invitation letter and sent it to the office of CPN-Maoist on Wednesday afternoon as per the decision taken at the HLPC meeting earlier in the day.
Leaders at the HLPC meeting had decided to send a letter to CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya, who heads the 33-party alliance, requesting them to sit for talks. “We received the letter but it is not acceptable to us because they have set a condition for negotiations,” Baidya told Republica. He said that wordings “talks on the announced Constituent Assembly (CA) polls” is unacceptable to them. “However, we will take a formal decision only after our [alliance] meeting.”
The UCPN (Maoist) breakaway group CPN-Maoist and other dissident political parties have been arguing that they are ready to sit for talks without any precondition while the member parties of HLPC have been maintaining that the demands for dissolution of the present election government and postponement of the November polls can´t be fulfilled. UCPN (Maoist) Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha, who was present during the HLPC meeting, denied the allegations. “There is no condition at all.The letter has certainly mentioned that the talks will be held on the issue of CA election because that is the very issue for talks,” said Shrestha.
According to him, the letter undersigned by UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Dahal as the HLPC coordinator has stated that “in view of special political and constitutional transitional situation, HLPC invites CPN-Maoist and other member parties of the alliance for talks with a view to making the CA polls a success.” Shrestha said it was amusing that the CPN (Maoist) construed the general language of the letter as a precondition. Also, some other member parties of the Baidya-led alliance have termed the letter of invitation unacceptable. Mani Thapa, chief of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Nepal, said the talks are unlikely as HLPC has failed to address their demands properly.
“We have been consistently demanding talks without any precondition. But the letter sets a condition for us to accept the polls scheduled for November,” said Thapa. He also informed that they will hold a meeting of the alliance and reply to the HLPC soon. The Baidya-led alliance has announced to boycott polls to be conducted by the present government. The have consistently been opposing the chief justice-led government saying the formation of such a government has violated the principle of separation of powers. They have been demanding formation of a government led and participated only by political parties.