BHADRAPUR, Jan 20: Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula has urged the government not to obstruct the release of budget to the GP Koirala Memorial Hall which is under construction in Jhapa district.

Speaking at a news conference organized by Press Club on Sunday, the former Home Minister Sitaula accused the government of blocking the budget for the hall being built in memory of the former Prime Minister GP Koirala.

Present Prime Minister KP Oli, then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction of the memorial hall at the west of Mechi Stadium of Bhadrapur Municipality-8 on July 13, 2015.

Prera Shah JB was contracted at Rs 129 million for the construction. Although the undertaking had to be completed by two years of the commencement, 25 percent of the works is till left.

Leader Sitaula especially urged PM Oli to take initiative to complete the construction with smooth release of budget. RSS

KATHMANDU, March 2: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula has said the party is in the need of change.

Speaking at a program on “contemporary political situation and the role of Nepali Congress” organized by the NC Kathmandu Constituency-6 on Friday, he predicted that the party would lose its existence if it failed to make adjustment with a changing context.”

According to his views, ideological discussion is necessary within in the party through a new course. He blamed policy-level, strategic, deceive and other various practical weaknesses for the party’s defeat in the recent elections. He took the time to accuse the Communist parties of Nepal of working just for partisan interests while in the government, but not for the welfare of nation.

Similarly, NC central member Pradip Poudel said weak psychology was one of the reasons behind party’s defeat in the election.

Lawmaker Bhimsendas Pradhan stressed on the need of giving chance to new faces for serving as the parliamentary leader.

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JHAPA, Jan 2: A total of 30 candidates, who ran from Jhapa in the December 7 elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly, have submitted details of their election expenditure, out of the total 141 (57 under the house of representatives and 84 under the provincial assemblies), said the district election office.

An election candidate is, according to the Election Commission rules, required to submit details of his or her election expenditure within 35 days of the date of poll results. Sixteen more days remain to approach the deadline.

Those who have submitted their poll expenditures (11 under the House of Representatives and 19 towards Provincial Assembly) include top leaders including CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, and CPN (Maoist Center) leader Surendra Kumar Karki.

UML Chairman Oli’s election expenditure is put at Rs 2.41 million, while Sitaula spent Rs 2.26 million. Similarly, Karki’s poll expenditure stands at Rs 2.41 million. The NC’s leader Bishwo Prakash Sharma spent Rs 2.16 million.

The Election Commission had set the spending limit of Rs 2.5 million for a House of Representatives candidate and Rs 1.5 million for a Province Assembly candidate in the first-past-the-post category.

JHAPA, Dec 10: Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s candidate Rajendra Lingden has defeated Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula in the House of Representative elections in Jhapa constituency-3. Lingden secured 44,614 votes to defeat Sitaula who received 31,156 votes.

KATHMANDU, Oct 31: Nepali Congress Makwanpur has decided not to support Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chair Kamal Thapa in Makwanpur Constituency No 1.

Nepali Congress Makwanpur, concluding that the party has stronghold in the constituency, has decided not to support Thapa—which has added further rift in the democratic alliance.

Thapa had announced his candidacy to contest the Federal parliamentary elections in Makwanpur-1 under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category in agreement with NC. But Nepali Congress District Committee has refused the alliance while pushing district President and former lawmaker Indra Bahadur Baniya in the constituency. It may be noted that NC had won the constituency in the second Constitution Assembly Election in 2013.

Meanwhile, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula and RPP’s Rajendra Lingden does not seem ready to compromise for Jhapa Constituency No 3 inciting further conflict within the Democratic alliance.

Earlier, NC had agreed to support Lingden in the constituency while enlisting Sitaula following the proportional representation (PR) category. Later the party had withdrawn his candidacy under PR category and decided to run him for FPTP.

Following which, RPP had also decided to run Lingden for FPTP category from the same constituency.

KATHMANDU: General Secretary of Nepali Congress (NC) Krishna Prasad Sitaula has warned that this government could stay as long as four years if its alternative was sought.

Speaking at an interaction in Reporters Club on Sunday, he said alternative to this  government could not be sought as this government as formed to hold the CA election in the country.

“New government will not be formed. This government will go until CA election was held,” he added.

During the program presided over by Club’s chairman Rishi Dhamala, Sitaula said that the four party were ready to accept all conditions putforth by CPN-Maoist except the mixed electoral system and change of the government.

“Roundtable conference could be accepted easily,” the NC leader said.