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By Our Reporter 

The communist government led by KP Sharma Oli has finally revealed its real face—it is not to serve the people and it is not to safeguard sovereignty but to protect the corrupt and serve the mafia.

It is evident from its decision that contradicts the constitution and a recent verdict of the Supreme Court that it does not provide free test and treatment to the people infected with COVID-19. It said only those who could produce the documents proving that they are poor, marginalised, differently able, and single women could enjoy free test and treatment. But by the time, the people prepare such documents; many of them will succumb to injury. More shameful it was when Health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal said the government took the decision as per people’s wish! As he could not say that the decision was made at the suggestions of the medical mafia operating private hospitals, he, without any hesitation, went to say that the provision of free test and treatment was terminated as people want to pay the test fee and treatment cost.

Secondly, the decision of the so-called socialist-oriented government was against the Constitution and the government’s previous commitment. The government that involved in corruption while purchasing medicines, made unnecessary appointments amid the COVID-19 pandemic and provided Dashain allowances to the ministers and lawmakers has now totally lost public trust. Had the main opposition been strong enough, the incompetent and anti-people government could have been replaced at any time.

Secondly, the Nepal Communist Party won nearly a two-thirds majority by raising the nationalist issue in elections and published map including Limpiydhura in Nepali territory has now imposed a ban on the distribution of the textbooks containing the new map, which clearly shows that the government activities are only to deceive the people.

The government took the anti-people decision at a time when the cases were multiplying across the country with the concentration of over 60 per cent new cases in the Kathmandu Valley.

As of Tuesday, Nepal has 129 cases of the virus with 41, 755 active cases and 765 deaths. On Monday over 57 per cent of the new cases were detected in Kathmandu and their number increased to over 67 per cent on Tuesday, clearly showing that Kathmandu will have more cases in the coming four months as predicted by health experts.

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