Party has suffered a major political shock and failure, admits Vishnu Poudel

CPN-UML Vice Chairman Vishnu Prasad Poudel has admitted that the party has suffered a major political shock and failure in the recent elections. Speaking at the 27th Yadu Memorial Day and 24th Yadu Memorial Journalism Award distribution ceremony, he expressed resolve to learn from this failure and rise again.

He said, "We have experienced many successes and failures. This time we have suffered a major shock. We will learn from this and break through it to rise again."

He warned that ultra-leftist thinking could erode democratic achievements. He stated that all political forces must be responsible for protecting the gains achieved through peaceful people's movements.

He said, "Through peaceful people's movements, we ended the monarchy, held Constituent Assembly elections, formed a government under our leadership, and got an opportunity for social transformation peacefully and democratically through the Constituent Assembly. I had advised not to lose this opportunity by making ultra-leftist mistakes." He added, "They didn't listen to me. They tried to remove the army chief but couldn't. Instead, a situation arose where they themselves had to step down from government leadership. The outcome of ultra-leftism is never good."

Recalling events related to the then-ruling government, he warned that wrong decisions can even put leadership itself in crisis.