Be ready for final battle: Bhattarai

Coordinator of the Maoist’s United National People’s Movement Dr Baburam Bhattarai on Saturday
said a final battle between the revolutionaries and
the pro-status-quo forces had begun.
Adressing a regional assembly in Dipayal, he said, “We are so far flexible, in anticipation of a Maoist-led consensus government. But the remote-controlled coalition has been ignoring it.” He asked cadres to brace for a final fierce
battle. Dr Bhattarai termed the government barring
of a resolution motion against the President in the House as “the fear of the coalition leaders of being defeated”. “Sensing an attempt to impose an army rule, we’ve come to the people,” he said.
In another programme in Dadeldhura the same day, Dr Bhattarai alleged parliamentary parties of trying to dissolve the Constituent Assembly, as per the foreigners’ wish.
Talking to mediapersons here, Dr Bhattarai said, “UCPN-M is preparing
to protest the ill-conceived plan by launching a
mass movement.” He said the Nepali Congress
and the CPN-UML were against the CA.
“We made several attempts to correct the unconstitutional step of the President by discussing it in the parliament but the government did not let it happen,” he said. “The government is trying to invite a war in the nation by dissolving the CA.”
The only way to counter the undesired activities of the government is to revolt, he said. The government needs no assault to topple since it has no legs, Dr Bhattarai added. The people would make its fall inevitable, he opined.
“The government wants to get rid of the CA since it does not want any agreement,” he said, expressing concern that the parties had few alternatives at this critical juncture. The political vacuum thus created would be filled by the President’s rule, he alleged.
He said the parliamentary parties were not
ready to probe the war crimes committed during the insurgency so were against the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as envisaged by the Comprehensive Peace Accord.
He said impunity was rife since the war crimes were not probed. “This has put the democracy in peril,” he added.

Plus 2 colleges closed nationwide

The All Nepal National Free Students Union Revolutionary (ANNFSU-R) has shut down the private ten plus two colleges across the nation for four days from Sunday.
According to Lekhanath Neupane, ANNFSU-R president they had called a peace protest programme, as the government had failed to address their 13-point demand that they had submitted through a memorandum. He added that the government should take the initiative to stop commercialisation of education in private Plus Two colleges and should provide options in case Proficiency Certificate Level is phased out.
Neupane also demanded that the government should raise the standards of the public Plus Two colleges and have sought an increase in the quota of teachers in higher secondary schools. He urged that the plus two colleges be run by the government. He stated that the Higher Secondary Board had refused to hold talks with them with the excuse that they are not the authorised body and also accused the Ministry of Education of being indifferent to their demands.
According to the ANNFSU, all private Plus Two colleges will be shut from September 13 to 16 and community higher secondary schools will be closed on September 15 and 16.