India, Oct. 25 -- Acknowledging past mistakes and admitting that the party has become increasingly leader-centric and Kathmandu-centric, the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has launched a two-month nationwide public awareness campaign.

The campaign was formally inaugurated at a press conference at the party's central office in Parisdanda on Saturday. It will run until December 11 (Mangsir 25).

Launching the campaign, NCP coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda, said senior leaders could no longer review the party's achievements and failures on their own. The party must go to villages across the country, listen to public criticism and accept responsibility for its mistakes, he said.

"Leaders alone cannot review past ac...