Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has termed the arrest of party’s vice-chair Bishnu Prasad Poudel as a politically motivated and illegal move.
A meeting of the CPN-UML Central Secretariat held on Tuesday decided to protest Poudel’s arrest politically and legally.
The party has claimed that no objective facts or evidence were presented in the arrest made on the pretext of money laundering. The UML has described the incident as a result of political prejudice and vendetta.
The meeting also expressed its displeasure over the special court’s order to keep him in custody for preliminary investigation. According to the party, the order was not justified.
The Secretariat meeting has demanded the unconditional and immediate release of Vice-Chairman Poudel.
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