Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the government is being accused of imposing totalitarianism while trying to accelerate development works in the country.

Inaugurating Madan Bhandari Park at Mahadevsthan in Koteshwor on Tuesday, Oli rebuffed rumours of totalitarianism and added he was trying to run the government as it was expected to.

On the occasion, Oli said the government would prevent general strikes from happening in the future. “Some blame us for organising strikes in the past. We reply them by saying we did it against autocracy and monarchy. Situation has changed now,” he said.

The CPN-UML chairperson also said Madan Bhandari was not simply leader of UML but also a leader of the country.