”The party that had to accept the court's decision had written a 'note of dissent' with their views in the meeting. They had said that the sky would not fall if UML resigned.”
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On the evening of Bhadra 12, 2052, the same day the Supreme Court ruled to restore the parliament, the then Deputy Prime Minister and UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with some ministers and standing committee members, met Prime Minister Manmohan Adhikari, who was undergoing treatment at the Maharajgunj Teaching Hospital. After the court restored the House of Representatives and stayed the mid-term elections, the UML leadership held an informal meeting at the hospital.
The issue of the Prime Minister's resignation after the court defeated the government was raised in the meeting. Adhikari also said that he was ready to resign. However, some leaders within the party felt that the reform work started by the UML would be stalled if he resigned. The leaders also expressed the opinion that the morale of the cadres would decrease if the work started by the UML was stopped. Some leaders emphasized that the path of struggle should be chosen. After different opinions were received, the informal meeting of the hospital ended with an agreement to hold a meeting of the central committee and make a formal decision.
According to the informal agreement of the hospital, two opposing views were presented on the court's decision in the meeting held on Bhadra 13, 2052 at the UML head office in Balkhu. Law Minister Subash Chandra Nembang, who was invited to the central committee as the chairman of the party's judicial committee, indirectly said that the court's decision should be accepted and moved forward. He had said, ‘Although some points in the court’s decision are political in nature, the overall decision is of historical importance.’ Nemwang had given a detailed analysis of the court’s decision. After he explained the decision, the members of the central committee had different opinions. In the meeting, the idea that the king does not make mistakes was also established. In particular, some central members said that the role of the constitutional king was credible because the recommendations made by the Prime Minister were implemented exactly as they were. They said that this had established the supremacy of the parliament and institutionalized democracy. Other central members said that the Supreme Court’s decision should be overturned, calling it sponsored. They were of the opinion that since the decision was politically biased, efforts should be made accordingly. The party that should accept the court’s decision had written a ‘note of dissent’ with its opinion in the meeting. They said that the sky would not fall if the UML resigned. They said that if he resigned, the communists would be moral. After the meeting, the UML issued a statement in the name of the general secretary. Based on some points of that statement, the leaders took the mass organization to the streets against the court. ![[Archive] The moment when slogans were raised against the court due to UML's ambiguous role...](https://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/uploads/source/news/kantipur/2025/miscellaneous/page1kpr-19122025043155-1000x0.jpg)
The street movement had started, but some leaders were worried about the message it would send. Some leaders had said that even if there was an immediate public wave against the court, it would cause long-term losses. The situation of clashes on the streets and the issue of indiscriminate slogans against the court had been seriously raised. Intellectuals close to the party were concerned that the slogans on the streets showed the character of the leaders and that the message that the UML had towards the court would be sent negatively. They were also concerned that the disorderly activities would send the wrong message to the international community. The leaders said that the court was the UML's show teeth, and that the chewing teeth could not even digest the court, which would be a threat to the future.
The different views in the party thus helped the street protests. Dissatisfaction in the party grew as the people's organization headed by the chairman and general secretary was holding street protests but the leaders were showing a ambivalent tendency to say that the movement was not ours. The leaders were divided into two camps.
While the party was divided, preparations were made to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Adhikari on Bhadra 25, 2052. But in the party, the minority and majority mindsets planted in the fifth general convention in 2049 were drawing a line of division. UML close people had analyzed that a dangerous line of division had been drawn. At that time, communists other than UML did not consider UML to be communists. Democrats did not consider UML to be democrats. Some even held the view that the two camps within UML had to leave the government. The General Secretary of the People's Multi-Party Democracy Party, Nepal, Deputy General Secretary Bamdev Gautam, KP Sharma Oli, Subash Nembang, and Pradeep Nepal had held discussions saying that the work of the then parliamentary party could be given to Jhalanath Khanal. They seemed to agree to give Khanal the job of the party's parliamentary party leader.
Prime Minister's reply on television! ![[Archive] The moment when slogans were raised against the court due to UML's ambiguous role...](https://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/uploads/source/news/kantipur/2025/miscellaneous/page1kpr-1-19122025043145-1000x0.jpg)
Prime Minister Adhikari, who was injured in a helicopter crash, was scheduled to give his reply to the no-confidence motion against him in the parliament on Bhadra 25, 2052 on Nepal Television. The Consultative Committee of the Parliament had scheduled a vote on the no-confidence motion on Saturday, but it was postponed a day later to 25 at the request of the UML. Opposition parties, including the Nepali Congress, had filed a no-confidence motion against Adhikari on Jestha 28, 2052. Prime Minister Adhikari had requested the government to make arrangements to respond to the issues raised in the no-confidence motion from the teaching hospital. In accordance with the same request, the Parliament's Business Committee had decided to make arrangements to respond on television. The decision was made by the Business Arrangements Committee that Adhikari would read the answer first and then, if necessary, other ministers could read it later. It was estimated that 106 votes would fall in favor of the Congress in favor of the no-confidence motion against the minority government of the UML formed on November 14, 2002. The opposition parties had decided to support the future Prime Minister, Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, with the no-confidence motion.
The news prepared by a team including journalist Taranath Dahal, focusing on the two-pronged policy being pursued by the UML, the ongoing agitation against the court, the no-confidence motion registered in the House of Representatives, and Prime Minister Adhikari's response to the Parliament on television, was published by Kantipur Daily on September 25, 2002 under the titles 'UML's Yaksha Prashan: Who will lead the party?' and 'Decision on the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister today'.
Presentation: Rishiram Paudyal
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