Politics

Prachanda-led NCP decides to intensify protest against govt

Meeting of agitating NCP’s Struggle Committee vows to make third-phase protest effective

KathmanduPati January 28, 2021

KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Madhav Kumar Nepal has decided to intensify its street protests against the government.

The meeting of the NCP’s Struggle Committee held on Thursday morning at party office Paris Danda reviewed its agitation and decided to intensify the protest programs against the government.

Bishnu Rijal, a central committee member of the NCP, said that the meeting held in the presence of party co chairs Prachanda and Nepal reviewed protest programs and decided to make its upcoming announced protests more effective.

The agitating NCP has been staging street protests against the decision of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to dissolve the House of Representatives on December 20.

After concluding second phase protest programs, the NCP has announced third phase protest programs against the government.