KATHMANDU:  Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Minister Khil Raj Regmi has said that intellectuals, professors and professionals should launch campaigns for holding timely CA election.

Addressing the 54th anniversary of the Tribhuvan University (TU), Regmi said that intellectuals  should help ensure people’s right to vote.

Chairman Regmi said that election was the only option to end the current political deadlock and the government was committed to this end.

Regmi, who is also the Chancellor of the TU, also pledged for overall development of the country’s oldest and largest university.

On the occasion, pro-chancellor of the TU and Minister for Education Madhav Poudel also said that the TU is the pillar of country’s education.

TU’s Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Hira Bahadur Maharjan, Registrar Gunanidhi Neupane, Rector Chandra Mani Poudel and professors were also present on the occasion.

KATHMANDU: Interim Election Council (IEC) Chairman Khil Raj Regmi has said that the government would make no compromise on holding the forthcoming Constituent Assembly election in a free, fair and peaceful manner.

Inaugurating the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Nepal Health Service Cooperatives Limited and the Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital operated by it at a function here on Saturday, Chairman Regmi stated that the government has moved forward fully prepared for conducting the elections in a peaceful environment.

“Priority has been given to all the legal and managerial works as a peaceful environment is needed for ensuring the fairness and impartiality of the election; the government shall adopt appropriate measures with zero tolerance for maintaining peace and security of the polls,” he said.

He made it clear that there was no any other priority for the government except than making the CA election successful for writing a constitution as the country would see social, economic and cultural development only after the writing of the constitution.

With the government having completed most of the basic works related to the election at present, the next job is that of the political parties filing nominations, carrying out election campaign and ensuring that voting takes place in a peaceful environment on the designated date, and since all the political parties, leaders, cadres and voters have an important role to play in that regard, I specially urge to fulfill a cooperative role for that, Chairman Regmi said.

KATHMANDU: Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi has urged the literary personalities to make the upcoming CA election a success.

Honoring the poets and literary figures in the capital on the occasion of the 200th Bhanu Jayanti today, Regmi said that politics determines everything in the society and political stability was needed for positive vibes in the society. 

He also urged the literary figures to focus their creativity on election campaigns.

KATHMANDU: Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi and Coordinator of the High-Level Political Committee (HLPC) Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar today held discussions regarding the preparations of the upcoming CA polls and attempts to bring the dissenting parties on board the election.

At the meeting, Regmi and Gachhadar discussed various issues ranging from current political developments, environment for polls, and participation of the dissenting parties, it is said.

After the meeting, Gachhadar said that the Committee would hold talks with the dissenting parties including the CPN-Maoist within a few days.

He hoped that all the dissenting parties would come for dialogue in the roundtable meeting.

KATHMANDU: Chairman of Nepal’s Election Government Khil Raj Regmi and UCPN (Maoist) supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda have agreed to take all possible measures to create a favorable environment for conducting the upcoming CA election on November 19.

At a meeting between the leaders this morning, Chairman Regmi urged Prachanda to convince the agitating political parties and ensure their participation in the poll.

Likewise, Regmi said that the government and the election commission have completed the poll preparations targeting the November 19 election.

30 June, KATHMANDU: Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi has said that political parties and people should play leading roles to make the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election a success adding that the government was only the facilitator.

Speaking at the Third National Conference of Ex-MPs’ Forum and 55th MPs Day, Regmi also compared the success of upcoming CA election to the success of political parties.

He said, “Election is democracy’s backbone and foundation pillar. Parliament has become a compulsory body in the world whatever the ruling systems are.”

On the occasion, Chairman Regmi pledged a free, independent and fair election, recalling that this government was formed with a single agenda of holding the CA election.

Chairman Regmi also urged the former MPs for their support to make the election a success.

Forum’s Chairman and former Speaker Taranath Ranabhat said the erstwhile CA was dissolved in an artificial manner and added that the parties should make clear about the reasons of CA dissolution before heading to next CA election.

During the program, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Hari Kumar Neupane, Chief Secretary Leela Mani Poudyal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yang Haulan and Russian Ambassador to Nepal Dr Sergey V. Velichkin, among others were present.

A two-litre pressure cooker bomb was found this morning in Regmi’s ancestral house.

Pamphlets of the party are also found in the house. A bomb disposal team of the Nepal Army is working to defuse the explosive.

KATHMANDU: Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi and UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda held discussions this morning regarding the issues ranging from relief to the flood victims and election preparations.

During the meeting, the two discussed the ways to provide relief to the flood victims in the far and mid west districts.

On Thursday, Chairman Regmi had visited the flood affected districts and announced to provide Rs 500 million in the new budget.

Prachanda also thanked the government’s promptness to provide relief to the flood victims.

Likewise, Prachanda also asked Regmi to provide Rs 100,000 each to every flood victim family.

During the meeting, the UCPN (Maoist) Chairman also urged Regmi to hold talks with the Indian officials regarding the construction of Dhauliganga embankment carried out by the Indian government.

Locals and stakeholders have said that the embankment was the main cause of damage in Darchula district caused by flood last week.

Meanwhile, Nepali Congress leaders have also urged Regmi to expedite government bid to distribute relief to the flood victims.

KATHMANDU: Chairperson of the Interim Election Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi has urged all political parties and civil society to make the upcoming election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) a success.           

Addressing the nation on Friday, Regmi said prime goal of the government was to successfully hold the election and the government was fully committed to its mission. 

The Chairperson also urged all voters to engage actively in the process of forming the Constituent Assembly using their franchise rights on the election date the government recently announced.           

Chairman Regmi has urged all the political parties dissenting over the formation of the incumbent government and opposing the election with various demands to immediately come for talks to resolve the problems.  He specially urged the parties to hold mutual discussions and clear the differing views and thereby help the government create an atmosphere conducive for the election. 

He said that taking the leadership of the election government was not his personal interest or ambition; rather he took such responsibility for the sake of the people and nation.  His statement came in the context when taking charge of the post of government head and Chief Justice by the single person was being publicly criticized. 

Stating that he had been working in judiciary for the past 41 years and he was honest and dedicated to his profession, Chairman Regmi said honesty and impartiality were the ideologies of his life. “My sole target is to conduct the Constituent Assembly election in a free, fair and impartial atmosphere,” he said.

KATHMANDU: The government on Thursday announced the November 19 as the date for holding election to the second constituent assembly (CA).

The government also formed a five-member constituency delimitation commission led by former justice at the Supreme Court Tahir Ali Ansari giving a-month term to the panel that consists of geographer, sociologist and expert on administrative field.

Major four political parties have lauded the latest government decision as for them the CA election was the only option to end the current deadlock. But, opposition parties including CPN-Maoist, Upendra Yadav-led Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and some other political parties are hellbent to foil the election claiming that this election would not solve the country’s deadlock.

However, the announcement comes as a surprise to them who never believed that the Khil Raj Regmi-led government is not going to hold the CA election.

But, many believe that this CA election is not going to happen as success of the CA would not lie on sidelining a major force in Tarai i.e Upendra Yadav, a major force of people’s war the CPN-Maoist and indigenous and ethnic communities.

Meantime, the another opinion is also equally strong. People of this camp say that a democracy cannot be strong until election was conducted and some minor grievances should be taken not so seriously in the process.

The leaders of major four political and government minister are often saying that agitating parties including Mohan Baidhya has no other option to join the election mission. If they are ready to join the election campaign seriously, some of their demands could be addressed.

Even on Thursday evening, Minister for Information Madhav Poudel said that the government has not even  thought the the Baidhya-led Maoist would boycott the CA election, a sovereign body to empower the people.

But, one thing is for sure that the CPN-Maoist would face serious clash in the party regarding the party’s participation in the election. Some leaders including Ram Bahadur Thapa, Dev Gurung, Pampha Bhusal, Hit Man Shakya and others are in favor of using the election while others are flatly opposing the idea saying that the parliamentary system has totally failed.

The state of confusion in the CPN-Maoist would be matter of great relief of sigh and political advantage to the UCPN-Maoist that is strongly advocating the election for long.