UCPN-Maoist vice- chair urges all not to criticize India; Sapkota asks EC to concentrate on polls

DANG At a time when Vice-chairperson of the UCPN-Maoist Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has been alleged of being pro-India, he said that people should focus more on developing the nation rather than criticizing India.

Addressing a program at Bhalubang in Dang district on Saturday, Bhattarai informed that development projects like Naumure irrigation project should not be termed as anti national and linked to India .

Bhattarai said that people should be more attentive towards development al works rather than criticizing India to act as a nationalist.

Meanwhile, addressing a press conference at the party headquarter on Saturday, UCPN-Maoist spokesperson Agni Prasad Sapkota urged the Election Council (EC) to concentrate only on election process instead of putting its attention to elections related laws.

Sapkota made it clear that chairman of Interim Government Council Khilraj Regmi will not resign from the post of Chief Justice (CJ).

“Chairman Regmi would not resign from the post of CJ. I urge everyone to put their focus on elections as the issue is more important than the resignation of CJ “.

On the occasion, Sapkota accused Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML for being reluctant to go for poll. “If the NC and UML were interested on the election, the new date of election would have already been fixed,” Sapkota remarked.