Nepal, July 5 -- Former President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that the People's Multiparty Democracy (PMD) doctrine propounded by late communist leader Madan Bhandari remains as relevant today as ever, urging against judging the future of Nepal's communist movement based on the outcome of a single election.

Addressing a seminar and the Madan Bhandari National Award-2082 presentation ceremony, marking the late leader's 75th birth anniversary, in Kathmandu on Sunday, Bhandari said recent election results should be viewed as an opportunity for self-assessment rather than as a basis for concluding the communist movement or the relevance of PMD.

She said Madan Bhandari had advanced the doctrine in response to Nepal's own political realities...