ELEC

NOBODY CAN STOP ELECTION SAYS SUSHIL KOIRALA Kathmandu, 15 Aug.: Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has said that none can stop the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in slated Date, RSS reports.. At a programme organised today by the Prof Basudev Chandra Malla Memorial Foundation on 16th Memorial Day of the late Malla, Koirala said the NC has accorded top priority for the election as election was inevitable to safeguard democracy and for the nation's development. Koirala said, "Talks with the dissenting parties have been expedited. The election should be conducted in slated date and the NC is committed to that end." There are many problems to hold the election by forging consensus but the NC would not compromise with any force against nationality and democracy, Koirala added. On the occasion, human rights activist Nutan Thapaliya was honoured with the Prof B. C Malla Prize. The prize carries a purse of Rs 10,000. Nnnn
UML GOING HIGH TECH
Kathmandu, 15 Aug.;  The CPN-UML is to adopt high-tech style in view of the election campaigning for the second CA election this year, RSS reports.. The party has decided to use the high-tech methods of publicity including e-mail, website, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, videos and documentaries concluding that the means of traditional system have been less effective and dearer than the high-tech ways, said UML Chief of Publicity Department, Pradeep Gyawali. The traditional means of publicity have been less effective and just become a one-way communication, therefore, UML prefers the high-tech style, added Gyawali. "The new generation is displeased with politics, and the youths have dissatisfaction that the political parties just exploited them for their partisan interests and that we have adopted the policy to have direct interaction to understand the gap between them and the party,” He said. The UML has also been shooting documentaries in the districts and two others in the centre for the election campaign. The first documentary would include UML party policy and views while the other will include materials that reflects the horrors of armed conflict. nnnn