NUWAKOT, Nov 17: Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat’s vehicle was ambushed at Daandagaun Sigarechaur in Kakani rural municipality-7, Nuwakot on Friday morning.

He was travelling for his electioneering campaign when a landmine exploded damaging his vehicle Ba 16 Cha 665 and injuring four members of the electioneering team.

They have been identified as Upendra Mishra, Sabin Lama, Yash Kumar Tamang and Lila Gharti Magar. Those injured have been  taken to Kathmandu for further treatment.

Mahat is a candidate for the House of Representatives from constituency 1.

A team of Armed Police Force has been sent to the site for further investigation.

4 August, KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat has said that major political parties were flexible to change the 11-point agreement and 25-point order to bring the agitating parties in November 19 CA election.

Speaking at an interaction at the Reporters Club, the NC leader, “We are ready to show flexibility in 11-point agreement and 25-point order if the agitating parties are ready to hold election on November 19.”

He also added that environment for election was made and the CPN-Maoist was willing to join the election process.
During the program chaired by Club’s Chairman Rishi Dhamala, Dr Mahat said all issues relating to CA election will be resolved within a week. “Otherwise, we have no time,” he clarified.

Mahat also added that decisive talks should be held within a week with the agitating parties. “There is no relevance of talks that would not be finalized within a week,” he warned.

Likewise, UCPN (Maoist) leader Barsha Man Pun said all parties would join the election process if the issues of proportional representation was settled.
He said the Maoist party was ready either to maintain 601-size of the CA or increase the seats under the proportion quota. He also said that all political parties were hurried to take part in the CA election after the Election Commission announced the election schedule.

“People, international community and most of the parties in Nepal have wished for November 19 CA poll,” he added.

Also speaking at the interaction, CPN (UML) leader said that demand for time to update the voters’ namelist is an attempt to foil the November 19 poll reasoning that the earlier given time for the same was enough.

The UML leader also accused the UCPN (Maoist) of postponing the CA election by provoking the Madhesi Morcha.

However, the UML leader said that the UML was not in favor of changing the 11-point agreement and 25-point constitutional difficulties removing order promulgated by the President.

TOKYO: Nepali Congress leader and former finance minister Ram Sharan Mahat on Saturday attended a program organized by Nepali Congress’ sister organization Nepali Janasamparka Samiti, Japan.

According to ad hoc chairman of Nepali Janasamparka Samiti, Japan, Bhupi Govinda Shrestha, leader Mahat delivered his speech on Nepal’s current political situation and upcoming CA election.

The program was organized at Everest International School.  Leader Mahat is scheduled to attend a program in Nagoya on Sunday.

The NC leader is currently in Japan at the invitation of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

ILAM, MAY : Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the CPN-Maoist has pushed the nation back by keeping unnecessary demands.

Talking to journalist in Ilam , Mahat said, no one can make the country the prisoner of indecision as it has entered to the election process.

He said agendas of the CPN-Maoist are not suitable at the current political situation and urged all parties to move ahead forging consensus for holding election by November.

Also on the occassion, Mahat expressed his hope that the CPN-Maoist would register the party and joint the other parties in the election campaign in a context when major political parties have already prepared for the CA election s

KATHMANDU: Influential leaders from Nepali Congress and CPN UML have stressed on scrapping for all controversial decisions made by the erstwhile Baburam Bhattarai government which they claim could influence forthcoming electoral campaigns.

Speaking at the Reporters Club Nepal on Saturday, NC leader Ram Sharan Mahat called on for scrapping all political appointments made by the erstwhile government. He said that those officials appointed by the Bhattarai government should have resigned on their own accord with the change of guard and claimed that the government should not scrap such appointments and transfers while speaking at the program presided by the Club’s President Rishi Dhamala.

Defending the formation of the incumbent government as a means to bring the derailed democratic process back on track, Mahat said appointments and transfers of officials made by the Bhattarai government should be scrapped, even if they complied with government procedures, for ascertaining free and fair elections.

Responding to the recent oppositions made by some political parties against the Chief Justice led government, Mahat clarified that the Regmi government was political parties’s last resort to reinstate a order in the nation.

He urged all the dissenting political parties to participate in the election process and warned that the nation would reel into further crisis if CA elections are not held in June.

Supporting Mahat’s proposition, CPN UML secretary Shankar Pokhrel claimed that a politically motivated bureaucratic order, assembled by the Bhattarai government, cannot guarantee fair and free elections even though the incumbent government is apolitical.

Pokhrel said that the nation did not had alternative other than to hold fair and free CA elections for resolving political crisis and also urged all the dissenting parties to join the CA elections.

Speaking at an interaction program organized by the Reporters Club in the capital today, Mahat said the Bhattarai-led government is planning to make major transfers decisions aiming to influence the election and favour the party cadres.

“New government should revoke such decisions,” Mahat said.

Appointments in Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project and Narsinghgadh Hydropower Project, purchase of unnecessary aircrafts, airport construction in Pokhara and some others should be revoked, said Mahat, a vocal critique of the Maoist.

Saying that the Bhattarai-led government was doing many decisions by challenging the rules and regulations, Mahat said this government is making appointments to the party cadres and nearer ones to influence the election results.