“We refute rumors that we are for supporting monarchy in one form or another to forge an alliance with certain political sections,” said Maoist vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha. [break]
Stating that the ongoing Central Committee (CC) meeting took up the issue seriously, Shrestha said, “We can forge an alliance with any force that is for republicanism, federalism, secularism and social justice. We cannot join hands with any force that is against republicanism.”
There were news reports that the leaders of the royalist Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) had publicly stated that the Maoists have become ready for a cultural monarchy in exchange for their support to the Maoist party.
The current Maoist policy is to deepen polarization among the Maoists, “patriots” and republican forces against the “status quoist and regressive elements”.
Meanwhile, expressing solidarity with various media organizations in Nepal, the UCPN -Maoist has demanded an apology from the Indian embassy in Kathmandu for issuing statement against media reports that questioned the quality of some products manufactured by Indian Joint ventures.
“We condemn the statement by the embassy and want it to apologize for interfering with the Nepali media,” said Maoist Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha.
He also demanded that the government take initiatives to stop such interferences in Nepali media by the Indian embassy. On Saturday, various media organizations had demanded that the Indian embassy apologize for issuing statement against the Nepali media.
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