KATHMANDU, July 15: A meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee has endorsed the party regulation-2076 BS.

The meeting held on Sunday unanimously endorsed the regulation providing authority to the drafting committee make necessary changes in consensus based on the recommendations received on the draft of the amended regulation, shared Krishna Poudel, chief secretary of NC party office.

Drafting Committee Coordinator Ramesh Lekhak had presented the ‘Nepali Congress Regualtion-2076 BS’ on the first day of the ongoing central committee meeting of the party on 7 July.

The central committee has decided to adjourn the ongoing meeting of the party for some days to mobilize its rank and file in rescue and relief operations in keeping with the loss of lives and properties in several parts of the country due to rain-induced disasters.

Central leaders including senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Arjun Narsingh KC, Mahesh Acharya, Prakash Sharan Mahat had aired their views in the central committee meeting chaired by President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Next meeting of the central committee will take place again at 1.00 pm on 23 July following participation in relief and rescue operations, Poudel informed. RSS

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: The Nepali Congress (NC) has concluded the recent leftist alliance as a blow to democracy and the new constitution.

The NC central committee meeting held on Friday at Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence in Baluwatar also concluded that the electoral alliance among the main left parties (CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre) and Naya Shakti Nepal) has pushed the country towards ideological polarization by breaching past agreements in the context the local level elections were concluded.

The coalition has been forged at a time when there is a need for all parties to unite to make the House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections a success as per the agreement between political parties, the meeting said.

“The Maoist Centre’s co-work with the UML has pushed the country towards polarization, thus helping weaken the constitution’s enforcement, national unity, harmony and faith between various castes and communities, instead of taking the country on the path to development and prosperity,” said a statement issued by the Chief Secretary of the NC central office Krishna Prasad Poudel.

The meeting has decided to foil all kinds of conspiracies plotted to weaken the democracy, rule of law, social harmony and national prosperity.

The meeting has further stated that the party was committed to working together with all forces that favor national unity, democracy and the implementation of constitution.

Similarly, the meeting has urged the leaders and cadres to work with high morale to make the party’s candidates victorious in the upcoming provincial and federal elections.

Likewise, the party has decided to move ahead by forging alliance in the upcoming polls based on coordination and necessity among all democratic, nationalists and progress political forces.

The meeting chaired by Prime Minister and NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to constitute a parliamentary board to finalize the names of the candidates to contest the upcoming polls.

NC central committee member Gururaj Ghimire said that lawmakers of the incumbent Legislature-Parliament under the proportional quotas would not be repeated.

Likewise, those NC leaders contesting the chiefs and deputy chiefs in the local level polls would not get chance to contest the upcoming polls, the NC said.

Meanwhile, the NC’s election manifesto preparation committee has solicited feedback from leaders, cadres, well-wishers and intellectuals.

Party’s chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel said that party’s senior leader Ramchandra Poudel, lawmakers, former ambassadors, senior journalists, industrialists and others were present on the occasion.

During the program, NC’s central committee member and election manifesto preparation committee’s coordinator Mahesh Acharya urged the participants to offer their feedback and suggestions in manifesto preparation. RSS

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: A meeting of the Nepali Congress central committee today discussed the issues of candidate nomination process and its criteria for the forthcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies slated for late this year.

The first round of the meeting agreed in general not to give tickets to candidates who contested in the local level elections, the rebel candidates, those not supporting the party’s official candidates and (previous) lawmakers under the proportional representation category.

The meeting chaired by Prime Minister and party president Sher Bahadur Deuba took place at the PM’s official residence, Baluwatar. Most of central committee members putting their views in the meeting insisted on the need of finalising candidates for the both approaching elections.

Expressing their concerns that the lately emerged leftist unity could weaken the federal democratic republic and the constitution implementation, they underlined the need of genuine unity among democratic forces in the days ahead.

Talking to media following the meeting, party central members Dilendra Badu said the meeting suggested the party leadership for the need of finalising the matter of nomination of candidates by October 11.

Today’s meeting, raising doubts whether the fresh leftist unity and increasing political polarisation would prevent elections from taking place on the scheduled dates, realised the need of timely elections and of the formation of a broader alliance among the democratic forces.

After the meeting, central member Arjun Narsingh KC, terming the leftist unity against the democratic norms, values and ideologies, claimed that such unity was just for reaching to power.

“The NC will not be swayed away and discouraged by the leftist unity. Instead a broader unity and collaboration among political parties except the leftist will be there under the NC leadership in the upcoming elections,” he added.

Likewise, in view of another central member Mahesh Acharya, the leftist unity has further made the remaining works of peace process and constitution implementation process more complicated, promoting the ‘extremist’ mentality. “The NC wants to see the timely elections and move ahead by ensuring stronger national unity by incorporating sentiments of all.”

Similarly, another central member Nabindra Raj Joshi claimed the leftist unity was capable of eliminating democracy and the responsibility of safeguarding it fell upon on the shoulders of NC.

Consensus, collaboration and unity at the political sphere was highly realised to implement the constitution and the NC was sensitive towards that end, he added.

NC President and PM Deuba briefed the meeting about the latest political developments in the country. Senior leader Ramchandra Poudel, General Secretary Dr Shashank Koirala and treasurer Sita Devi Yadav were present in the meeting.

The next session of the meeting will take place in the evening today itself. RSS

KATHMANDU, July 24: Nepali Congress central committee member Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the cabinet would be expanded soon after the conclusion of ongoing central committee meeting of the party.

“Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is busy in central committee meeting as it was necessary to hold discussion on contemporary issues including review of the two round of local-level election,” said Dr Mahat to RSS.

“PM Deuba has completed all the internal homework for cabinet expansion. He has made final preparation to expand the cabinet inducting new ministers from the NC as well as other parties soon after the conclusion of the ongoing central committee meeting,” he added.

NC leader Mahat clarified that any internal disputes and other disputes are not the reasons behind delay in cabinet expansion. RSS