KATHMANDU: Though Nepal’s grand old party Nepali Congress is labeled for being rigid in women’s issues, NC President Sushil Koirala however today said the NC would ensure minimum 33 percent representation of women in the upcoming CA elections.  He even claimed that NC was even ready to make give the executive power of the country to a woman. 

At a meeting with the women activists and this morning at his residence in Maharajgunj, Koirala pledged that he was ready to make a woman prime minister in the government after elections.

Different organizations of women activists submitted a 13-point demand mostly related to women rights and their representation in the state mechanisms.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala  today met with Minister for Home Affairs Madhav Prasad Ghimire and discussed the preparations on fresh Constituent Assembly (CA) poll.

Minister Ghimire urged NC President Koirala to support the government to create environment conducive and make necessary preparations for the poll.

The only agenda of the nation was to hold free, fearless, and fair elections, Koirala said and urged the government to pay attention on the same, NC spokesperson Dilendra Badu quoted President Koirala as saying. He also said NC would fully support the government in this campaign.

NC President Koirala stressed that government should take initiatives with all political parties to create environment for the CA polls, Badu added.

KATHMANDU: Saying that the formation of the Chief Justice-led government would challenge the rule of law and principle of power separations, some Nepali Congress central committee members have started a campaign to stop the formation of the CJ-led government.

However, NC top leaders have already agreed to form the CJ-led government.

NC central committee members including Pradip Giri, Sujata Koirala, Gagan Thapa and others have in public challenged the four-party decision to form the CJ-led government while some NC leaders are accusing the party top brass of failing to offer a political option instead of the CJ-led government.

Some two dozen NC central leaders including Koirala have started campaign against the party leadership saying that formation of the CJ-led government would be against the norms of democracy, independent judiciary and principle of power separations.

They also held discussions with party President Sushil Koirala this morning and urged the party chief to give the government leadership to the sitting CJ only after calling him to resign from the post of CJ.

In response, Koirala assured the leaders to form the CJ-led government by not going against the spirit of democracy and principle of power separations.

The disgruntled leaders are also scheduled to meet party Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel and senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s President Dr Ram Baran Yadav held discussions with the top leaders of four major political parties on Thursday morning in a bid to end the ongoing drama formation of election government, a much-hyped issue after the dissolution of the CA last year.

The meeting has been postponed till this afternoon. The UML leaders present at the meeting said that the discussions were positive and they were hopeful of consensus. The UML leaders asked the time saying that they would held parley at the party meeting before making a final decision.

Likewise, NC President Sushil Koirala said intensive discussions were held at the meeting before the Preside.

During the meeting held at the President’s Office in Shital Niwas, top leaders of the UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Joint Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) are present. The President and leaders discussed the issue of going for the fresh elections by constituting a consensus government.

In today’s meeting, the President is learnt to have issued a warning to the leaders that he would not stay mute any longer if the leaders make no headway till this evening.

On Wednesday too, the President had held separate talks with the key political players of the major political parties.

KATHMANDU: Following the political wrangling over the formation of the new government under the leadership of the sitting Chief Justice or independent figure, the President has started separate parleys with the bigwigs of major political parties to encourage them to immediately end the protracted deadlock by announcing the fresh date for CA elections.

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav held discussions with UCPN (Maoist) Supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ this morning.

During the meeting, Prachanda urged the President to unlock the deadlock by helping to form the CJ-led government as proposed by the Maoist party, as it was the best alternative at this time.

After the holding discussions with the UCPN (Maoist) chief, the President invited NC top gun Sushil Koirala at Shital Niwas to consult the possible ways to form the new government with better alternative.

On the occasion, Koirala is learnt to have shared that political leadership was the best one to end the present stalemate and the Maoists were conspiring by floating a series of alternative to prolong its stay in power.

Similarly, the President consulted with CPN (UML) Chairman Jhalanath Khanal and other leaders, and urged the UML leaders to find a meeting point to crack the political nuts.

During the meeting, the UML leaders ruled out the UCPN (Maoist) proposal to form the CJ-led government and alleged the Maoists of conspiring.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s nine opposition political parties including the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) have claimed to topple the Baburam Bhattarai-led government through the street protests.

Organizing a middle-sized mass meeting in the capital on Friday, the top guns of the opposition parties said the anti-government agitation was just a trailer. They also announced to bring new and stern programs to topple the government if the Bhattarai-led government did not quit.

They also ruled out the possibility of a Chief Justice-led election government adding that an independent judiciary should not be dragged into controversy by offering unnecessary political posts.

Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala, the NC and UML prime ministerial candidate, said the Maoists were continuing the politics of violence by threatening and that will be the very cause of end of the party if it continues such practices.

Likewise, NC Sher Bahadur Deuba said the present government should be removed from power in order to hold free and fair elections to the CA.

Similarly, NC Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel accused the Maoists of not quitting the government fearing that they would be routed in the elections.

Likewise, CPN (UML) Chairman Jhalanath Khanal argued that the opposition parties were hitting the streets as the Maoists ignored the politics of consensus, progress and changes.

“We will bring a storm through a joint movement against the government that is attempting to impose authoritarianism by increasing anarchy and corruption,” Khanal warned.