Lamichhane said that there is no point or justification in declaring that the parliament is not allowed to raise people's issues.
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While the first and second parties of the dissolved House of Representatives, the Congress and the UML, have approached the Supreme Court with a writ petition seeking the restoration of the parliament, RSP President Ravi Lamichhane has emphasized that elections should be held.
Before assuming the responsibility of the party president on Sunday, Lamichhane said that the restoration of the parliament would not be able to address the people's issues.
Addressing leaders and cadres at his office in Kathmandu's Chamati, President Lamichhane said that the restoration of the parliament is not a solution to the current political problem. Recalling that the people's issues were not addressed in the parliament, he said that there is no justification for the restoration of such a parliament.
'Which parliament restoration did you talk about? Are you trying to revive the parliament that protects those who sell out the Nepali people by boasting of a two-thirds majority? Are you not trying to revive the parliament that cuts off the microphone when people's issues are raised? Are you trying to revive the parliament that suppresses corruption cases by raising voices and not by investigating them, but by using force of numbers?' Lamichhane asked. He added, 'You have two-thirds of what happened, the Nepali people have not forgotten what happened yesterday and they should not forget it until the elections.'
The Congress and the UML have approached the Supreme Court with the issue of the restoration of the House of Representatives. They have filed separate writs in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has already conducted a preliminary hearing on those writs, while the final hearing is yet to be held.
Lamichhane said that those who were in the high-level political machinery when KP Sharma Oli was the Prime Minister, who was guilty of using force in the Gen-G movement, are also guilty. 'All those who are in the government machinery, who are ministers and prime ministers, and who helped by creating high-level mechanisms, have the blood of innocent children on their faces. Stop the series of conspiracies now,' he said, 'I have returned to the party's responsibility and will fight against my justice as well as the injustice done in the entire country. Nepalis in the country and abroad are coming together to make this our main campaign.'
Lamichhane said that if necessary, new forces will come together. He said that he understood the people's sentiment that new forces that have emerged from different places should come together and make a change. 'When the country is in a weak state, those who are trying to fulfill their own interests by manipulating from different places have been strengthened. No one should think of spoiling the country, because the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the new forces are moving forward together to protect it. Now there is no alternative to going to the elections and the expectations of the Gen-G generation must be fulfilled. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stands with the government in terms of maintaining good governance and holding elections,' he said.
