Continuous Dialogue Among Political Parties Essential: General Secretary Pokharel

Shankar Pokharel, General Secretary of the CPN-UML, emphasized the necessity of maintaining continuous dialogue among political parties within the parliamentary system. He highlighted the lack of proper coordination among the three branches of the state and noted ongoing efforts to focus on youth involvement in information technology and education. The remarks were made during a seminar organized by the Madan-Aashrit Foundation, which stressed guiding youth in the right political direction. Kathmandu, May 17.

Speaking at the 33rd Madan-Aashrit Day event on the topic ‘People’s Multiparty Democracy (JABAJ) and Youth,’ General Secretary Pokharel stated, “Due to the political character of the current system, essential dialogue aimed at resolving people’s issues among parties has not been achieved.” He commented on the inadequate coordination among the state’s three branches and noted that all parties are making efforts to engage youth through information technology and education.

Stressing that competition among people should foster excellence and peaceful struggle should bring about a sense of change, he shared plans to adopt people-oriented policies based on lessons learned from past electoral defeats and to present these plans to the public. The seminar featured remarks from Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Chairperson of the Foundation; Ain Bahadur Mahar, Chief Whip of the CPN-UML parliamentary party; Binayak Shah, Vice President of the National Youth Federation Nepal; Sameer Rizal, President of NSU, Nepal Law Campus; and IT expert Ramesh Paudel, all emphasizing the importance of understanding youth sentiments and urging governments and political parties to craft appropriate policies accordingly.

They collectively highlighted the need to advance youth in the right political direction based on the principles of JABAJ as articulated by Madan Kumar Bhandari. During the same event, the foundation’s annual journal was also launched.