Kathmandu- Presenting a political report at the central committee meeting that began on Sunday, CPN-Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that joining the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML was a mistake and said that he will contest the upcoming lection alone.

Stating that democracy cannot be improved through parliamentary power, he also said that a high-level unity dialogue committee will be formed to unite with like-minded parties and groups. ‘Now, we should not unite with the Congress-UML in the upcoming elections under any circumstances. We should move forward with our own election symbols and the strength of our own power,’ he said.

He said that although cooperation with old parties was natural and essential for the people’s movement, the peace process, constitution writing and its implementation, it was a mistake to contest the election together with those parties.

“Cooperation was essential when it came to the war and the implementation of the constitution,” the report says. “However, we must introspect that somehow it was a mistake to contest elections together with the Congress-UML in the past.”