Butwal, April 6
CPN-Maoist Centre leader Mani Thapa says his party will find it difficult to merge with the CPN-UML if Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s party does not agree to include ‘people’s war’ in the statute of unified party.
While two parties are expected to announce the unification on April 22 on the occasion of Lenin’s birth anniversary, the leader says the parties are still at odds over some crucial issues.
“If the UML wants unification, it has to accept the people’s war to move ahead,” he said while speaking at a press meet in Butwal of Rupandehi. Thapa added that he had not imagined if the UML would reject the phrase.
On the other hand, he said the difference between two parties in terms of size would not be a problem for unification. “The unification is about ideology, but not about power and balance. It should be based on respect to each other’s opinions.”
“We are a cadre-based party whereas the UML is a mass-based. If we can respect each others, we can open the door of socialism.”
