CPN UML to Protest Arrest of Vice Chairman Bishnu Prasad Paudel

Kathmandu. CPN UML is going to politically protest against the arrest of its vice-chairman Bishnu Prasad Poudel. After Poudel was arrested by the police from Surkhet on Monday based on a letter from the Department of Money Laundering, UML leaders have said that they will politically protest against it. UML has called Poudel's arrest cheap popularity and a stunt.

UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel has said that the arrest of Vice-Chairman Bishnu Prasad Poudel is against the principle that in any matter, a fair and deep investigation should be conducted first, facts and evidence should be collected, and proceedings should be carried out based on the court's decision after prosecution (filing a case). He said that leader Poudel was deliberately taken into custody while he was in Surkhet to attend a party program.