‘The day is not far when the Balen government will leave the hearts and power of the people’: Mahesh Basnet

Kathmandu. CPN-UML Secretary Mahesh Basnet has claimed that the day is not far when the incumbent government will leave the hearts and minds of the people. He lashed out at the government for issuing a decree to vacate the encroached squatters.

“Prime Minister Balendra Shah has issued an order to evict the encroached squatters by Saturday-Sunday,” he said in a statement on social media. This decision has exposed the real character of the government. Rabi Lamichhane, the president of his own party, used to give a big speech saying, “If a bulldozer comes to the squatters, I will pat my chest.” Where did that commitment go

today?

“Should we chase away the landless squatters or systematize them, eradicate poverty or eliminate the poor? This is not your progress, it is a direct attack on the poor. Steps such as the dissolution of student and employee unions have already been demonstrated. This government is not towards democratic culture, but towards authoritarianism. The people will not remain silent on such an anti-people and pro-poor regime.