Attempt to attack republic will be responded with harsh revolution: Chair Prachanda

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Mar 11: Former Prime Minister and Chairman of the main opposition party, CPN (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has warned the monarchist forces that any attempt to attack republican set up will be responded with a harsh revolution.

Addressing the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday, the leader of the main opposition party in the parliament suggested the monarchist forces to seek their space within democratic set up.

"We all political parties have been maintaining the value that democracy is as much for Prachanda as it is for Gyanendra Shah as a person," he said, "I urge monarchist forces to seek their space within republican democracy."

He viewed that present republican set up had given security to the former king. "But, if the monarchist forces attempt to dismantle it, a harsh revolution will be a response to them."

The leader of the opposition party also remarked that the reasons for activities of the monarchist forces were the government's working styles and resultant dissatisfaction.

Chairman Prachanda, who led a decade long armed rebellion against monarchy from 1996-2006, suspected that there was an organized attempt behind the way the monarchist forces have become active. "There is a mix of internal and external plots to upside down the current system. We know this for long. However, the question is why it increased exactly at this time."