Former Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala has said his party follows the principles of socialism, which are a combined form of parliamentary democracy and communism.
Addressing a function organised by party's student wing, Nepal Student Union (NSU), on the 11th Memorial Day of Ganesh Man Singh in the capital Thursday morning, Koirala criticised the statement by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal that Nepal now would have neither a parliamentary system nor a communist rule.
Koirala said if PM Dahal wanted a socialist approach of governance, it was one initiated by Nepali Congress since its inception. He urged the Maoist leadership not to attack democratic principles.
Similarly, Koirala asked the NSU members and Tarun Dal, the party's youth wing, not to follow the undemocratic and unruly footsteps of the Young Communist League and Youth Force. nepalnews.com ia Sep 18 08
