NC & UML assuage Chinese concerns
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s lead political parties — Nepali Congress and CPN-UML – have tried to assure the visiting high-level Chinese delegation of stability-focused politics in Nepal in the days ahead.
Leaders of both parties in separate discussions with the Chinese delegation headed by Vice Minister of Communist Party of China International Department (CPC) Ai Ping, said that their party had a clear vision of multi-ethnic federalism.
The assurance comes in response to the Chinese concerns expressed implicitly during the volatile last days of the erstwhile CA, when ethnic-federalism supporting political, and ethnic set ups had taken to roads demanding unique identity based federalism— an agenda widely supported by the than lead party UCPN Maoist.
During the meeting held with CPN UML leaders at their party office, senior leaders of the party said that the party is looking forward to draft a progressive constitution by moving ahead in consensus with other political parties and had ruled out opting for political polarization.
Similarly, NC President Sushil Koirala also said that his party has a clear mandate of drafting democratic constitution that would federalize the nation on the basis of multi-ethnicity and other factors.
He said that his party will be leading the constitution drafting process by taking all political forces into confidence in response to the visiting delegations concern on political turmoil and the constitution drafting process, NC leader Sujata Koirala said after participating in the meeting.
During their meeting the Chinese delegation congratulated both parties for their respective success in the CA polls and expressed hope that the upcoming government would provide additional basis for further strengthening bilateral ties between both nations.
They also expressed contentment over the efforts, that they said, are afloat to form consensus government that both parties were vying to form and said that the China has no intentions of interfering in Nepal’s internal affairs.