Nepali Congress leader Balkrishna Khand said on Tuesday that the communist forces would be “wiped out” from the country after the elections.

Speaking at a programme in the Capital, Khand said that the Nepali people will always stand for democratic system, peace and development.

“People of this country toppled the autocratic Rana regime and abolished the Panchayat system. Communism is not possible in Nepal even if Pushpa Kamal Dahal and KP Oli join hands,” said Khand referring to an electoral alliance formed by Dahal’s CPN (Maoist Centre) and Oli’s CPN-UML with a goal of creating a broader communist centre. “Nepali people who overthrew the monarchy will never accept the communist’s autocracy,” said Khand, who is also the coordinator of the party’s election mobilisation committee, adding that the communist leaders’ “hollow nationalism” card is not going to work.

“We are trying to unite the people, but top leaders of some big parties are in a bid to divide them,” the NC leader said.

Khand went on to claim that the CK Raut, who is trying to divide the nation, and UML Chairman Oli “are two sides of the same coin”.

NC forms poll mobilisation team

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress (NC) has formed a 75- member central level election mobilisation committee headed by Bal Krishna Khand. Most of the members in Khand-led team are those who have not been selected as candidates for the federal and provincial elections under the first-past-the-post system.

According to a press statement issued by the party, Surendra Raj Pandey, Man Bahadur Bishwokarma, Dilendra Prasad Badu, Kamala Panta, Dhan Raj Gurung, Pushpa Bhusal, Ratna Serchan, Kishor Singh Rathore, Min Bishowkarma and Badri Pandey are members of the Khand-led election mobilisation committee. Some of the members are candidates under the proportional representation category. Similarly, Sujata Pariyar, Parvati DC Chaudhary, Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, Gururaj Ghimire, Kalyan Gurung and Dila Sangraula also members of the team.

The team also consist billionaire businessman Binod Kumar Chaudhary, who is party’s one of the PR candidates, former ministers, former parliamentarians and chiefs of party’s various sister. (PR)