Baidya warns of retaliation if CA poll forced upon

HETAUDA, July 22: CPN-Maoist chairman Mohan Baidya has reiterated that the government should make efforts at accommodating all the political parties in the election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) through dialogue. He also warned that his party would strongly retaliate if the government and the four political parties forcibly held the election.



Speaking in a news conference organised by Revolutionary Journalists Federation, Makawanpur chapter here today, Baidya said that it was inevitable to work together with the nationalist and patriotic forces including the former king for keeping intact the national sovereignty and indivisibility.[break]



"Although we have talked of collaborating with the former king for protecting the national autonomy and to foil the growing foreign meddling in the country´s affairs, the CPN-Maoist will not compromise on the republic, secularism and federalism," the CPN-Maoist chairman said.



He expressed the conviction that the parties opposing the CA election including his own party would participate in the election if an all-party national unity government was formed through a roundtable conference as suggested by his party and the CA election was held by that government.

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