The CPN (United) has drawn the government’s attention to seven issues, saying decisions made within less than a month and a half of the government’s formation have alarmed the people.
The party raised these concerns by organizing a press conference at Maitighar in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Through the conference, the party concluded that inhumane treatment has been inflicted on genuine landless squatters in the name of keeping the city clean or removing illegal squatters.
“The way the most vulnerable sections of society have been treated shows that this government is intolerant toward poor and working-class people. No democratic government can treat its own citizens in such an inhumane manner,” the party said in a statement issued after the press conference.
The CPN (United) said that even schools built with government investment were bulldozed, reflecting the government’s alarming level of intolerance toward landless people.
“The government’s behavior suggests as if the days when poor people could claim their rights are over, and the era of the powerful elite has begun. What the government has done and how it has done it has hurt the people. Therefore, eviction of landless people without providing alternatives must be stopped immediately,” the party said.
The party also demanded compensation for the loss of dignity and physical property suffered by the affected people.
It urged the government to respect their human rights and ensure proper arrangements for displaced schoolchildren’s education, treatment for the sick and elderly, as well as food and shelter.
“Immediate housing arrangements must be made for genuine landless people according to the Constitution, laws, and political responsibility toward the people,” the party added.
The CPN (United) also questioned decisions such as banning student organizations and trade unions, stating that such moves were either extremely careless or a deliberate mockery of the Constitution and laws.
The party claimed that the government appears ignorant of the fact that Nepal is a signatory to dozens of international conventions protecting workers' right to organize.
"Curbing such rights neither reflects a democratic face of the government, nor will such bans be effective. Such professional and community organizations have become problematic because they are apolitical or non-professional, not because they are political. Furthermore, these rights were not obtained on a whim; they are achievements gained through decades of struggle and sacrifice for political rights," the party said.
The party emphasized that if anyone abuses their rights, they should be held individually accountable. However, a unilateral ban shows the government is going against democratic values, it said.
Therefore, the party has demanded that the government immediately withdraw such decisions and proposals, the statement said.
