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Communist parties stage election boycott rally in Kathmandu Valley



KATHMANDU: Various communist parties organized a rally and mass meeting in the Kathmandu Valley on Monday, boycotting the upcoming elections and demanding an independent people’s government and a people’s constitution.

The rally, led by the Central Joint Struggle Committee and supported by the Scientific Socialist Communist Party, Nepal Revolutionary Communist Party, CPN (Bahumat), CPN (Janapakshya), Nepal Communist Party Socialist Communist Party, and other groups, began from Sundhara and concluded at Shantibatika, where it turned into a mass gathering.

Participants expressed dissatisfaction with the current political system and called for the protection of a people-oriented constitution. They also demanded the safeguarding of democratic rights, stating that the existing system has failed to address public concerns.

The organizers reiterated their stance of rejecting the electoral process and urged citizens to support their movement for systemic political change.

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