BHAKTAPUR, Nov 3: Chairperson of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) Narayan Man Bijukchhe has said that he has not retired from active politics despite not registering his nomination for the upcoming House of Representatives.

“I will be active in politics as NWPP chairman in the coming days, though I will not directly connect to the House of Representatives,” he said while speaking at an interaction organized in Bhaktapur by Rafat Sanchar Club.

Saying he would play an active role in politics to make leftist ideology more strengthened, he in another context accused the recently forged left alliance between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) of coming together just for holding power. RSS

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: The ruling party, Nepali Congress is unveiling its election manifesto for upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies focusing on social welfare and security.

The manifesto states that the country has entered into a new era of renaissance of social, economic and political issues.

Expressing commitment for the stability and development in the country, the manifesto has incorporated various issues including protection of democracy, social justice, economic prosperity, integrated social security, good governance and implementation of federalism, said member of Manifesto Preparation Committee, Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokharel.

The manifesto has also included various issues including details of development in the country under the leadership of NC in 25 years including easy access to schools and colleges, expansion of black topped road and remarkable increase in the number of health posts and toilets.

The party has presented different points along with ‘NC’s development concept and goal’ in the manifesto including a plan of operating Kathmandu-Madhes express way as well as eradicating starvation and corruption.

Likewise, CPN-UML has been described as an obstacle to national unity and the CPN-MC as an opportunist party in the manifesto. The party has also claimed in its election manifesto that the communist alliance had put the achievements of the new constitution, economic progress, national unity and social goodwill at risk. The alliance between UML and CPN-MC is aimed at capturing state power and establishing communism.

Meanwhile, welcoming the dialogue and partnership with the Madhesh-centric parties, the NC has noted that it would forge reliable alliance with the RPP and RPP-D. The party has pledged to make notable increment in the social security allowance for elderly citizens, constructing an elderly citizen service ashram in every local level and providing all services free including food and housing.

Expressing the determination to free the society and state of corruption, the party has also promised to make the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority and the National Vigilance Centre effective. The party is making its manifesto public amid a special program on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: CPN (Maoist Centre) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the Legislature-Parliament will automatically be restored if the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assembly were not held in the stipulated time.

“Although constitutionally the term of the parliament is until January 21, 2018 it has been dissolved as the process for the nomination of candidates for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections have started. The parliament will be automatically reinstated if the elections are not held on the stipulated dates of November 26 and December 7 this year,” said the former prime minister while addressing a book (entitled ‘History of Modern’ authored by Laxman Panta) launching program in the capital on Thursday.

Dahal also said that the Communist Alliance will make its views on this topic public today alone.
“The regressive elements who do not want the progressive and the pro-change forces coming together might disturb the election process; we all need to be conscious towards this possibility,” he said.

Prachanda also urged one and all not to cast doubts regarding this (i.e. the elections not taking place on the stipulated date) as the Election Commission has started the process of printing separate ballot papers for the same seat of the House of Representatives and State Assembly, in agreement with the top leaders of the major political parties, including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Also speaking on the occasion, CPN-UML Secretary Pradip Gyawali said that Panta has written the book following the socialist and the progressive concepts in history writing.

Chief Editor of Kantipur national daily, Sudhir Sharma said the rightist and leftist both perspectives on seeing history would be wrong.

The 558 pages book is based on the analysis of key incidents of the period from 1743 BS to 1955 BS in Nepal’s history.

RAJBIRAJ, Oct 25: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has said the upcoming polls to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies to be held on November 26 and December 7 would not be stopped at any cost.

Dr Yadav, who arrived in Saptari on Wednesday for the preparations of polls, said that postponement of the polls at this point would be equal to a serious offence.

On the occasion, he pledged actions whoever involved in violation of elections code of conducts and also urged the politicians to be serious towards elections code of conducts.

Dr Yadav expressed disappointment to the act of distributing parties’ flags, t-shirts with parties’ election symbols, caps and towels during elections but the same leaders failing to do the same things to the poor and flood victims.

He also directed the local administration to take action against the teachers and government campus chiefs and school principals directly involved in election publicity.

Saying a single ballot paper would be printed for both elections, Yadav urged the locals of province no 2 to participate in the upcoming elections as in the local-level election.

Present on the occasion were Chief Election Officer of the district, Harish Chandra Dhungana, election officers of four constituencies, Chief District Officer Bhagirath Pandey, chiefs of security bodies, political leaders and media persons.