Nepal, June 26 -- In a fiery political address that left party leaders and cadres concerned, CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel painted a picture of a party under siege-not from one corner, but from four powerful fronts.

Speaking at the sixth meeting of the UML Kathmandu District Committee in Tokha on Thursday, Pokharel accused four forces of launching coordinated attacks on his party. "The UML is being cyber-attacked and politically cornered by four camps: royalists, Maoists under the communist banner, populist socialists, and foreign powers," Pokharel declared, drawing a clear line between "us" and "them."

According to Pokharel, monarchists have targeted UML for standing in the way of a royal resurgence. He claimed that had UM...