Congress leaders dismiss Kishunji's views as outdated

Following the statement by senior Congress leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai expressing displeasure at NC's drive for republic, leaders of both NC and NC-Democratic have dismissed it as 'outdated.'

On Sunday, Kishunji had urged the Congress to be guided by lessons of the past and collective thoughts for future and not by anything else including republicanism. He appealed for unity and reconciliation to achieve safe landing of the transition.

Terming his statement as a 'personal' observation, vice president of NC Sushil Koirala said it will not affect the moves by NC to formally adopt the line of federal republic through the Mahasamiti meeting.

Furthermore, Minister for Peace and Reconstruction and general secretary of NC, Ram Chandra Poudel said, "That is his old viewpoint. But NC will not abandon republic."

Another congress leader Narahari Acharya had said that justification of reconciliation with the King had ended. "Late BP had talked about reconciliation with the monarchy at a specific point of time. But the circumstances have changed now. It is more important to have unity and reconciliation with communist forces at this juncture," he said.

Even leaders of NC-Democratic have said that Kishunji's remarks will not affect the moves for unification. nepalnews.com sd Sep 11 07

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