KATHMANDU, July 30 : Nepali Communist Party (NCP) Coordinator and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged Prime Minister Balendra Shah to engage in open dialogue with opposition parties, warning that growing public dissatisfaction with the government should not be ignored.
Addressing the House of Representatives on Thursday, Dahal said dialogue is essential in a democratic system and argued that the prime minister should consult experienced political leaders, intellectuals, and policy experts. He said engaging with the opposition would not diminish the prime minister’s stature but would instead help find solutions to the country’s challenges.
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Dahal noted that Nepal has many leaders with experience in resolving complex political crises, promoting good governance, social justice, and prosperity, and safeguarding democracy through decades of political struggle. He questioned what was preventing the prime minister from holding discussions with such figures.
He also said the prime minister could have invited him for a discussion and asked why his own anti-corruption efforts during his tenure had not fully succeeded.
Expressing concern that the prime minister might be avoiding dialogue out of overconfidence, Dahal said, “If the belief is that ‘I alone am enough and no one else’s input is needed,’ that would be unfortunate,” urging the government to choose the path of dialogue and cooperation.
