Maoists of abetting the Palace in working to foil the CA election : KC

ARGHAKHANCHI: Central president of the National People’s Front, Chitra Bahadur K.C. has accused the Maoists of abetting the Palace in working to foil the Constituent Assembly elections. Speaking at a mass meeting organized by the National People’s Front, Arghakhanchi District Committee at Rani Gara of Artha Village Development Committee (VDC) Friday, he said, �The Maoists pushed for the proposal of fully proportional election system after it became clear that they would lose the election through the direct election system. At the mass meeting, general secretary of the Front and MP Dilaram Acharya said although Maoists have been vouching for the Constituent Assembly election in public, they actually are not in favour of the Constituent Assembly (CA) Election.

Meanwhile, central member of the CPN-Maoist, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has said the Constituent Assembly election without the participation of the Maoists was impossible. Speaking at the public meeting and cultural programme organized by the CPN-Maoist Arghakhanchi District Committee today, Rayamajhi said the Constituent Assembly election can take place even if the rest of the political parties other than the seven parties did not participate, but it is impossible without the participation of Maoists. He said the Maoist is ready to quit the Parliament if the two major demands of the Maoists� proclamation of republic by the Parliament and adoption of fully proportional election system for CA elections � were not fulfilled.