Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that the party would rise again and defeat regression. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli made the remark while addressing a function organized to hand over the Madan Bhandari National Award in Kathmandu on Sunday.

On the occasion, PM Oli said that people’s leader Madan Bhandari has made unparalleled contribution to the Nepali communist movement in a short span of time. “His life was short. In a short span of time, he did extraordinary things and influenced history,” he said.

PM Oli recalled that the concept of people’s multiparty democracy was put forward under the leadership of Madan Bhandari at a time when the communist movement was facing crisis across the world following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the socialist regime in Eastern Europe.

Claiming that the UML’s policy is right, he said that the party was not in the discussion of unification to change any ideology or policy. “Our policies are absolutely right,” he said. We have formulated the right policies in all political, economic, social and cultural sectors. ’

Stating that the UML’s motto was ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’, he described this as the practical form of socialism. “Our destination is Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali. This is what socialism is all about,” he said.

Accusing the incumbent government of being a product of regression, he claimed that the legitimate government was removed with the intention of weakening the democratic and leftist forces.

Oli also accused the UML of creating confusion among the people by spreading false propaganda, rumour and character assassination. “We have not ruined the country. We were defamed and character assassinated through false propaganda. We have fought now, but we are not dead. We will rise again, fight the regressionists and defeat them. Our victory is inevitable,” he said.

Accusing the incumbent government of bringing ordinances against the constitution, weakening workers’ rights and carrying out activities against the national interest, he called on democratic and leftist forces to unite against regression.