KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leader Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat has criticized own party government for acting sluggishly and claimed that the criticism reflected the concerns of party members in ensuring the success of Sushil Koirala led government.

Speaking at an interaction program organized by the Reporters Club Nepal on Sunday, Mahat called on the government to press on implementing important development projects like the Kathmandu-Terai Fast Track, Nijgad International Airport, Mahakali Integrated Irrigation Hydropower, Sunkoshi Hydropower projects, among others.

He further suggested that the government should table budget with special budget for local level elections, increase in old age allowance among others. While conceding that the government has not been able to make substantial progress in drafting the constitution, he called on the government to play an active and effective role in the constitution drafting process.

KATHMANDU: CPN Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya Kiran has warned Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to severe relationship between both parties- Nepali Congress and CPN Maoist– if the latter continued to invite his party for participating in the Constituent Assembly through the 26-member cabinet quota.

Baidya warned so during a discussion with PM Koirala, when the latter reached out to him requesting his party’s presence in the CA by accepting the offer of the cabinet to be nominated under the 26 seats quota that it has power to make.

Stating the offer to be an political insult, Baidya said that his party had remained of the CA elections pointing to the need for bringing larger political community in the mainstream through round table conference.

However, Baidya said that his party was ready to participate in the constitution drafting process through round table conference. “Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly is the only way through which we can come to terms. And than only we can hold discussion on issues of federalism, forms of governance and state restructuring,” Baidya said while talking to reportersnepal.com today.

In reply, the Prime Minister denied the possibility to dissolve CA and pointed that understanding could be reached through the UCPN Maoist Vice Chairman Baburam Bhattarai headed Constitutional Dialogue Committee.

However, Baidya even denied the possibility for reaching a consensus with political parties through the Committee pointing that his party wont participate in the discussions.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress Central Committee member Arjun Narsingh KC has claimed that the incumbent Sushil Koirala led government had been moving ahead in ‘undemocratic manner’.
Speaking at the Nepal Presss Union Sunsari’s convention, KC said, “despite the fact that PM Koirala has been an avid believer of democracy, his government has been directed by external forces instead of the party.”
He said that the government has failed to discuss even crucial issues within the party and has been moving ahead in unilateral manner . He slammed the government for preparing government’s policy and programmes out of the parliament and accused that even the ministers representing the party have been acting as the party itself in making decisions.
“Instead of moving ahead by forging consensus, the government has not been consulting the party itself. This has created problems for the government and the party itself.”

Kathmandu, March 14, 2014. Minister for Energy Radha Gyawali has said that the ministry is going to bring the new technology for cutting the load shedding.

Minister Gyawali has informed that the government is planning to bring the new technology for the light of road which must be used in the day-night’s dark on very soon. Speaking at the interaction program organized by the Reporters’ Club Nepal, Minister Gyawali said,” this technology will come in action very soon. We will start it from butwal and will be auctioned in all over the country. We will simultaneously, start our big project of power-cut of load-shedding hours and control of the Electricity leakage.”

She stressed that the government is preparing its action-plans for reducing the power-cut of load-shedding by putting in center of the concern of livelihood’s daily cum-needs, and SLC exam. She shared her plans for providing the electricity to the industrials on day time and will provided its facility on night time to the household. She said,” I will collect the duos of electricity bill in the era of peoples’ long 10 years insurgency.” She informed that the government is preparing to submit two legal drafting related to the electricity in the CA house by putting on the center of correcting the process of distribution of license, speaking at the interaction program presided by the Reporters’ Club President Rishi Dhamala.

Minister Gyawali has said that the government will bring the new plans for reducing the load-shedding with certain programs such as, will be given the certain time to the big project of hydro, will bring the special action-plans for controlling the leakage of electricity, will be dissolved the license to those who have been occupied without action and will prior to the thermal plant and solar systems in the priority of the government.

In a concerns raised by the journalists, Minister Gyawali has committed that the government will hold the election for the local body on time. She warned if the Maoist will foil the election of the local body then they would known as the dictators or autocrats not the politicians.

Minister Gyawali charged to the Maoists as anti-factor of development. She again accused that the nation will becoming day-by-day week as the Maoist had disturbed in the development of nation in the era of peoples’ war.

Responding to arguments made by UCPN Maoist lawmaker Janardan Sharma, Speaker Subash Chandra Nembang summoned PM Koirala to respond to the concerns put forward by Sharma.

The calls came at a time when PM Koirala is on a five day visit to Myanmar. Koirala has been in controversy after some news report quoted Koirala as stating that Tanakpur lies on India-Nepal border.

TARA BAHADUR KATUWAL, KATHMANDU, February 24. Nepali Congress and UML have finally settled the power-sharing after the long debate and controversy over the demanding of the Home portfolio. Both parties have agreed to have its final image of the cabinet on today.

After an hour long meeting between both parties over the power sharing, finally they have reached out to share the portfolio. According to the leaders involved in the inter-party negotiations, Congress and UML have decided to lead 10 ministries each and give six ministries to small political parties.

According to source, Congress party will lead the ministries of Defense, Finance, Information and Communication, Education, Local Development, Physical Planning and Works, Peace and Reconstruction, Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs, and Irrigation.

Likewise UML will lead the ministries of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, General Administration, Health, Energy, Tourism, Forest, Youth and Sports, Agriculture, and Land Reforms and Management.

As per the agreement, RPP and CPN (ML) will get one ministry each, and four other ministries will be distributed among other parties after holding negotiations with them.

UML agreed to join the government after Prime Minister Sushil Koirala decided to give home portfolio to UML.

KATHMANDU (RUDRA BAHADUR KARKI)- Nepal’s second constituent assembly has elected Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala as the new Prime Minister on Monday afternoon.

Koirala’s candidacy for the post was supported by CPN UML and other political parties excluding the 16 political parties that had complained of electoral fraud during the second Constituent Assembly polls.

The 75 year old leader had contended in the election with no candidate from the opposing parties and recieved 405 votes out of the total 571-members in the current CA.

Koirala had gained support of CPN UML following the Sunday agreement between both parties that among others agrees to hold fresh elections for Prime Minister, President and Vice President within an year by promulgating the new constitution.

Koirala has assured to hold local elections within six months and promulgate new constitution within a year, in his address to the House following the victory.

Along with that he has assured to conclude all remaining tasks related to peace process and called for unity and coordination among political parties for concluding the task of constitution writing.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has begun talks with major political party leaders for leading the new government. Koirala held dialogues with senior leaders of both CPN UML and the UCPN Maoist in this regard after having several rounds of discussion on the same with his own senior party leaders.

Sources near Koirala confirmed that he will be holding talks with senior leaders of other fringe parties representing in the Constituent Assembly to discuss his candidacy to lead a consensus government. The leaders he will be discussing with today are CPN-ML’s General Secretary C.P. Mainali,Chairman of Samyukta Chandra Dev Joshi his office secretary, Laxman Dhakal, said.

Before the meeting with fringe party leaders, Koirala is scheduled to hold talks with his party’s senior leaders Sher Bahadur Deuba and Ram Chandra Poudel on the same.

CHITWAN: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sushil Koirala has said that a coalition government would be formed based on consensus among the political parties.

At a press conference organiSed by Press Union Chitwan Chapter in Narayangadh of Chitwan on Sunday, he said there is no situation to boast for becoming largest party and securing highest number of votes.

‘There is no space for arrogance based on the poll result. Constitution will not be promulgated without consensus among the parties’, Koirala said.

UCPN-Maoist Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-Maoist Chairperson Mohan Baidhya are responsible leaders, he said, adding that they would deliver a constitution within a year after forming a joint government based on consensus among all.

In a query, Koirala asked journalists not to put the questions whether UCPN-Maoist will come to CA saying that he did not even imagine such things to happen urging the journalists to cooperate the bid to promulgate a new constitution in the country on consensus.

Though it is the time to discuss which party to lead the government but it is still not the moment to debate on the person, he added.

The country is in a very weak condition, he said, adding that all should come together to bail the country out of crisis and move to a path of progress.

Earlier, talking to journalists in brief, NC central member Sujata Koirala said that the NC President Sushil Koirala now will be the Prime Minister of the country.

She claimed that President Koirala had substantial contribution to make NC a big party in the election so there is no alternative to Koirala.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has pledged to draft the new constitution through the participation of all concerned stakeholders.

Interacting with muslim community members in Khajuria of Banke, Koirala stressed on the need to prepare the new constitution through active participation of members from all religions, communities and groups.

He said that his party is dedicated to safe guard the interest of all sects and communities of people in the new constitution and urged all the participants to support his party candidates in the elections.

Koirala is contending elections from the districts number 3 constituency.