Although Oli is unable to travel outside the valley due to geographical constraints, the UML is moving forward with election-focused activities including proportional closed lists and direct candidate recommendations.
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The UML has made internal preparations to intensify its election campaign as soon as the location restrictions and passport restrictions imposed on Chairman KP Sharma Oli are lifted.
The UML, which prioritizes the restoration of parliament first and the election second, has been opposing the location restrictions and passport suspension imposed on Oli by the commission investigating the incidents of Bhadra 23 and 24.
Due to the location restrictions, Oli has not been able to participate in programs outside the Kathmandu Valley. ‘As soon as the location restrictions are lifted, Chairman Oli will embark on a nationwide party campaign,’ said a UML official, ‘that election campaign will be in the form of a movement.’
The commission is preparing to record his statement in his capacity as the then Prime Minister regarding the incidents of Bhadra 23 and 24 and then remove the location restrictions. Oli is also in favor of recording his statement before the commission. However, the UML has already decided not to recognize the work of the commission.
The commission had decided to ban then Prime Minister Oli, then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, then IGP Chandrakuber Khapung, then Home Secretary Gokarna Mani Duwadi, then District Officer of Kathmandu Chhabilal Rijal, and then Chief of the National Investigation Department Hutraj Thapa from traveling abroad for investigation and inquiry. In the decision of the commission on Asoj 12, it was also said that they would not be allowed to leave the valley without permission. The commission has recorded the statements of everyone except Oli and has also lifted the seat restrictions.
The atmosphere for the election announced on Falgun 21 has increased further after the parties submitted their proportional lists to the Election Commission. Even though the Congress, NCP, and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have formally decided to go to the election, the UML has moved ahead with the election preparations along with the issue of the restoration of the parliament . Parliament
UML, which has reached the Supreme Court demanding reinstatement , has also taken up internal preparations for the nationwide elections. It had submitted the closed list of proportional candidates to the Election Commission before the Congress and the Nepali Communist Party. After that, it has intensified the homework of selecting direct candidates in the districts. UML has already instructed to recommend direct candidates by December 26. The district municipal committee has instructed the district to recommend direct candidates by December 20, the district by December 24, and the province by December 25. As per the same instructions, the municipal committees have intensified the process of selecting potential candidates.
The central committee meeting to be held from December 26 to 28 will decide on the candidates. UML Secretary Mahesh Basnet stated that it will not back down from the elections, stating its policy of making maximum efforts for the reinstatement
of the parliament. ‘Parliament’ The policy of maximum support for the restoration is maintained. But we have also moved forward with the election program,' he said, 'We will decide on the direct candidate in the upcoming central committee meeting.' Chairman Oli is single from Jhapa 5, Deputy General Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai from Taplejung, and leader Pradeep Gyawali from Gulmi 1 have been recommended. The recommendation process for UML candidates has started in earnest from across the country. There is an election program to register nominations for direct elections on
Magh 6. Before that, the parties will have to finalize their candidates. The central committee meeting held on 5 Poush, immediately after the 11th general convention held in the last week of Mangsir, had passed a proposal that the government should create an environment for the election. The meeting opposed the decision to determine the seat limits of the leaders and expressed objections to the lack of meaningful dialogue, consultation and cooperation with political parties.
‘As a party standing at the forefront of achieving and protecting democracy, the CPN (UML) is unwavering in its belief of going to the people for a fresh mandate, gaining public approval and participating in the election competition. That is why this party will never back down from elections,’ the UML decision states, ‘But the current government, which has received the election mandate, is not aiming to create an environment for elections, but to prolong the unelected government. It is not engaging in meaningful dialogue, consultation and cooperation with the parties that are the pillars of democracy. It is walking on the path of prohibition. It is working to limit the location of leaders, cancel passports, prohibit peaceful programs, and conduct media trials to assassinate their characters.’ Then, on 8 Poush, under the coordination of President Rachandra Poudel, an election-focused discussion was held between Prime Minister Sushila Karki, Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, and Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal. That had reduced the growing gap between the government and the UML. Similarly, Prime Minister Karki had held discussions with Congress President Deuba, UML Chairman Oli, and NCP Coordinator Dahal on December 12. During the discussions, the three leaders had urged the government to create an environment for the election and agreed to go for the election.
