April 26, 2005
Press Statement
The
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Prakash Karat, has
issued the following statement:
The
Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the attack on the
headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) by police
and security personnel in Kathmandu. It is shocking that this attack took place
immediately after the funeral of prominent women communist, Sadhana Adhikari,
wife of former Prime Minister, Manmohan Adhikari, whose body had been kept in
the premises of the party office for people to pay homage.
The
statement of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) is enclosed which shows the type
of police state Nepal has been converted into under King Gyanendra. The UPA
government should take note of the ground realities in Nepal before taking any
step which will strengthen the authoritarian rule of the King.
April 26, 2005
Nepal CP Condemns Brutal Attack on Headquarters
Press Statement
The
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) strongly condemns the unprovoked attack and
vandalism done by plainclothesmen deputed by the royal government inside the
Party Headquarters at Balkhu in Kathmandu on April 25. The following misdeeds of
the government security men under disguise have amply unmasked the undemocratic
and dictatorial face of the unconstitutional royal government in Nepal.
1.
It is deplorable that the state
security personnel in plainclothes wearing
masks and wielding small arms broke into the Party Headquarters without
any warrant immediately after the funeral procession of Sadhana Adhikari, the
wife of late leader Man Mohan Adhikari. The CPN (UML) was mourning the death of
prominent woman leader Sadhana Adhikari at the Party Headquarters. Her body was
kept inside the Party premises for paying homage.
Different party leaders and activists from different political parties
were present to pay solemn tribute to her. The funeral procession was started at
1.30 PM and mourners joined it. Thus the whole party leaders and activists were
mourning the demise of their beloved women leader. On the contrary, the
government security personnel attacked the youths and party activists who were
present at the Party Headquarters to mourn the death of a woman leader. Thus the
state security personnel grossly undermined human rights under the direction of
the royal government.
2.
A gang of plainclothesmen, 25 in
number and some of them were masked and carrying small arms, entered inside the
Party Office and indiscriminately attacked various party activists at around 4
PM. Half a dozen of the masked personnel went up to 4 th floor of the
Party office chasing party members.
Some of them entered in the library room and smashed a door of toilet suspecting
one of the wanted members to be inside the toilet. In fact another student
leader named Jhapat Rawal was inside the toilet. The student leader was dragged
out and brutally beaten. Similarly, another youth leader Narayan Basnet was
manhandled inside the Party premises. They kicked the locked doors of the office
of the Party General Secretary, Central Auditing Committee and Central
Disciplinary Committee and threatened party members with revolvers. Thus the
plainclothesmen continued their mischievous hooliganism for about 40 minutes
inside the Party. They were apparently looking for some youth leader to arrest
them. The plainclothesmen were carrying their surveillance of all mourners and
visitors noting down car and motorbike numbers even when the people were paying
their homage to late Mrs. Adhikari. Some of the visitors were arrested on the
way.
4.
All major political parties have
condemned the act of hooliganism of the plainclothesmen. Human rights
organizations and civil society organization have also condemned the act as the
testimony of autocracy and repression of the royal government.
5.
The attack and hooliganism of
the government security men in the Party Headquarters has evidently shown that
the so-called loyalty of the King toward the multiparty democracy is only a
farce. This incident has exposed the King's lip service to the multiparty
democracy in his statements delivered both in Indonesia and China recently. Thus
the words and deeds of the royal government are entirely contradictory. The
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) would like to draw attention of international
community and human rights organizations and activists to this reality.
6.
The Communist Party of Nepal (UML)
firmly believes that undemocratic actions and repressive measures will continue
until the restoration of democracy and human rights in the country. Therefore,
once again, the CPN (UML) appeals to all democratic political parties of the
country to accelerate democratic movement in the country and the Party also
calls again to the international community to continue their support and
solidarity to the democratic movement of the Nepali people. The democratic
political parties together with the democratic Nepali people, will continue
their fight for democracy and human rights till the autocracy is defeated in the
country.
