Left raps Centre on arms to Nepal

The Government’s reported move to resume arms supply to Nepal has come in for flak from the CPI and CPI(M), who termed it a ‘&#145...

The Government’s reported move to resume arms supply to Nepal has come in for flak from the CPI and CPI(M), who termed it a ‘‘wrong and unjustified’’ step that would ‘‘weaken’’ restoration of democracy in the neighbouring country.

‘‘There should be no question of resuming arms supplies to a despotic king who suppressed the elementary democratic rights of the people,’’ a statement by CPI(M) Politburo said.

‘‘The UPA Government must realise that the appreciation and goodwill it earned with its firm stand in defence of democracy and popular government in Nepal will disappear and it will be held responsible for abetting a king’s authoritarianism,’’ it added.

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Referring to media reports that Nepal King Gyanendra had announced that India had agreed to resume military supplies to his country after meeting PM Manmohan Singh, the statement said: ‘‘The UPA Government should clarify the situation immediately.’’

Pointing out that the king in his speech at the Asian-African summit had strongly defended his action to dismiss an elected government, the party said all the monarch had asserted in his talks with PM was that democracy would be restored ‘‘sooner rather than later’’. It said municipal polls announced by the king are ‘‘farcical and cannot be a substitute for full restoration of parliamentary democracy and having an elected government’’.

In Jaipur, CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan said resumption of military supply would ‘‘weaken revival of democracy in Nepal’’.

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