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Dev Gurung calls for postponing poll

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KATHMANDU, Nov 7: CPN-Maoist Secretary Dev Gurung has called on the government to postpone the scheduled elections to the Constituent Assembly (CA) until consensus is forged to that end.



Joining a tea reception organized by the party´s town committee, Kirtipur on the occasion of New Year of Nepal Sambat 1134 here on Thursday, leader Gurung argued that the elections to be held only after consensus would give solution to the problems in the country.[break]



"The CA election said to be for managing the conflict would rather fuel it if it is conducted by keeping the main component (CPN-Maoist) of the people´s war aside and I want to urge other parties to be serious towards possible consequences on time," he said.



Democratic countries should not use army for the election, he claimed, adding that the 2008 CA elections was held without the mobilisation of Nepal Army although the country was passing through the conflict at that time.



He further claimed that this election was going to be held as per the foreign instructions and without making corrections of past mistakes and it would not give the nation a new constitution.



At the program organized here from where UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is contending for the second CA election, leader Gurung accused that the UCPN (M) was not a supporter of federalism with identity.



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