SEPT 13, KATHMANDU. Chairman of the UCPN (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has said making the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election successful was also the responsibility of the intelligentsia.

Inaugurating the fifth unity national conference of the Nepal National Progressive Intellectuals Association here today, leader Dahal said the forthcoming election is related to country’s fate and supportive role from all sides especially from the intellectual community was essential to make the election a success.

The UCPN (Maoist) has been maximally flexible to convince the CPN-Maoist to join the election, he said, adding the election may be postponed by five to ten days if the party agrees to take part in the election.

No agreements that have negative impact on the election would be made in the name of compromise, he said. The draft of the new constitution will be prepared within six months of the election and a new constitution will be promulgated within a year, added the UCPN (Maoist) Chairman.

Also speaking at the programme, party senior leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai accused that some so-called commercial media houses have attempted to disseminate false messages about revolution and urged the intelligentsia to defend such trend.

Likewise, another party leader Narayankaji Shrestha urged voters to give majority to the party in the forthcoming election. RSS