A senior leader of the Unified CPN (Maoist) C. P. Gajurel had contradicted the statement given by his chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal that his party is launching stir shortly after the Tihar festival.

Speaking at a face-to-face with journalists in Sindhuli on Tuesday, the secretary and foreign department chief of the party said public revolt is possible only when people wish for it.

He said the protest his party has been launching was not meant for pulling down the government but to restore civilian supremacy. His party will lead the government only when civilian supremacy is guaranteed, he added.

In another context, Gajurel said nation can get a new constitution within five days if parties were able to forge consensus. nepalnews.com