KATHMANDU, July 5: As many as 300 government staffers, including National Reconstruction Authority Chief Executive Officer Yubaraj Bhusal have lost their jobs after the government decided to nullify all the political appointments made by the previous government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba.

A cabinet meeting on Wednesday decided to annul the erstwhile government’s decisions from August 30, 2017 till January 2, 2018.

Deuba-led caretaker government had made several appointments at various ministries, corporations, councils, board and organized institutions violating the code of conduct even after the left alliance had swept the House of Representatives elections.

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Who lost jobs?

Digambar Jha, President of Nepal Telecommunications Authority

Yubaraj Bhusal, CEO of National Reconstruction Authority

Sangita Bhandari, Vice Chancellor of Rapti Academy of Health Sciences

Chandra Singh Saud, CEO of Nepal Stock Exchange

Minaraj Chaudhary, Chairman of Trust

Narayan Chaudhary, Administrator of Trust

Raj Kumar Lama, President of Baudhanath Area Development Committee

Narendra Raj Basnet, President of Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee

Nikita Paudel, President of Film Development Board

Bishnu Mishra, President of Credit Information Bureau

Basanta Prakash Upadhyay, Genral Manager of Gorkhapatra

Gangadhar Parajuli, President of Minimum wages fixing committee

Nabin Kumar Jha, President of Department of cottage and small industries

Shalikram Singh, President of Integrated Janakpur Area Development Council

Dakshya Paudel, Co-President of National Cooperative Development Board

Chandra Mani Paudel, Chairman of National Examination Board

Bhupendra Prasad, Chairman of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani (KUKL) (including board members)

Toursim Board 3 members including Dipak Mahat and Krishna Bahadur Mahara

National Youth Council district members

Municipal development committee members across the country

KATHMANDU, July 28: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the office-bearers of the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN) to make preparations for holding the province and federal level elections on the same day.

At a meeting between the Ministers and office-bearers of the ECN at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday, PM Deuba urged the Commission to bring about reforms in the voting process so that people’s votes would not be invalid.

PM Deuba urged the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners to immediately begin the preparations for polls stating that the government was committed to holding the province assembly and federal assembly elections by January 21, 2018 as per the constitutional provision, according to the PM’s press coordinator Govinda Pariyar.

During the meeting, PM said that the Constituency Determination Commission has already started its works, and two laws relating to the elections will be endorsed within few days.

The PM also informed the office bearers of the ECN about the government’s preparations to conduct the polls of the province assembly and federal assembly in a single day to reduce the election cost.

Acting Secretary of the ECN Maheshwor Neupane said that the Commission drew attention of the government to pass the bills on elections as soon as possible.

Deputy Prime Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Home Minister Janardan Sharma, Finance Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and chief election commissioner Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav, commissioners, chief secretary Rajendra Kishor Chhetri and others were also present at the meeting. RSS