KATHMANDU, June 17: Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala has argued that Nepali Congress needs a new leadership who can bring massive reforms in the party.

Speaking at an interaction program organized by the Reporters’ Club Nepal on Monday, Koirala said, “Nepali Congress needs reformation. If the party cannot be reformed, we will face even more humiliating defeat in the next election.”

“For that, the party needs a new leadership, a new face who can unify the party by ending groupism prevalent in the present party structure,” she added.

“Errant, angry leadership will not work now,” she said while referring to present party president Sher Bahadur Deuba.

“We need a new leader who can revive the Nepali Congress,” she added.

Koirala stressed holding General Convention as soon as possible to search for a new leadership.

“A leader who embraces the ideals of BP Koirala (democratic socialism) will be elected as the new leader,” she added.

Kathmandu: Women leaders of Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) have underlined the need of consensus on constitution drafting and government formation fronts regardless of who gets the majority in the upcoming Constituent Assembly.
Speaking at a face-to-face interaction programme organised by Reporters Club Nepal today in capital, Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala said that her party would move ahead with consensus, cooperation and unity with all the parties for constitution drafting and government formation.
She also claimed that consensus government would be formed under the leadership of NC president Sushil Koirala if it managed to be the largest party in the CA. She claimed that Koirala would be the undisputed candidate for the Prime Minister. “He is the president of the party. Under his leadership, the party win the election. His name has already been proposed for the PM in the CWC meeting. So he would be consensus candidate of the party for PM,” she reasoned.  However, she said that there should not be any squabbling for the post of PM. She said that the parties should put their first efforts towards the constitution drafting rather than brawling for the leadership of the government. Stating that the UCPN (Maoist) announcement of not accepting people’s verdict was wrong, she said that the party should move ahead in a way that the nation wins even though the party looses. Opining that some minor mistakes during the polls were obvious, she said that such mistakes should be taken as the lesson and rectify in the future polls.
Likewise, CPN (UML) vice-chairperson Bidya Devi Bhandari said that her party was in favour of moving ahead in consensus for the government formation and constitution promulgation.  She also informed that CPN (UML) would take lead for forging consensus. Bhandaru advised UCPN (Maoist) to not move towards totalitarianism by going against the people’s verdict. She argued that the election has mandated for drafting constitution with multi-identity based federalism rather than ethnic federalism.  According to Bhandari, not accepting the voting results after taking parts in the poll process was not a political character. She further claimed that UCPN (Maoist) would come to the CA. She added that the Maoists have nowhere to go escaping the CA.
Bhandari claimed that UML leader KP Sharma Oli would be the PM if the responsibility to lead the government comes for her party. There are no any disputes about it inside the party, she added.
Similarly, CPN-ML general secretary CP Mainali urged the winner party to move ahead with consensus. He said that the constitution drafting process would be easy if the consensus government was formed by bringing the dissident parties into the confidence.
Rastriya Janamorcha chairman Chitra Bahadur KC urged the NC and CPN (UML) to not wrangle over the government formation issue. He opined that the parties should realised the need of consensus for the promulgation of the new constitution. KC claimed that the people have rejected the politics of ethnicity and regionalism through the CA polls. Saying that the Maoists do not have the alternative to join the CA for drafting the new constitution, he ruled out the possibility of constitution through the round table conference.

Kathmandu: While some of the top leaders are trying to lure the Mohan Baidya-led CPN-Maoist with 26 seats offer through cabinet appointment to bring them in the Constituent Assembly, Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary Prakashman Singh has taken exception towards such offer to the poll opposing party.  Addressing the inaugural of Liaison Office of Election Campaign at Bijulibazar in Kathmandu today, Singh expressed his serious reservation towards the remarks of some leaders that the Baidya-led CPN-Maoist could be brought to the Constituent Assembly through the cabinet appointment.

“Nobody has a right to distribute the seats of Constituent Assembly under the cabinet appointment,” said Singh.

Singh also expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the Election Commission. He said that the EC could not take action against the violators of the election code of conduct.
Meanwhile, NC leader Sujata Koirala has said that the Baidya-led Maoist could be brought to the CA by offering them 26 seats through the cabinet appointment. Talking with the journalists at Biratnagar airport today, Koirala also said that Baidya-led CPN-Maoist could be inducts into the government formed after the CA polls.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Sujata Koirala on Sunday left here for Bangladesh to discuss problems of South Asian women and agenda of a three-day International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).

She is the vice chairperson of ICAPP women committee.

Talking to media persons before her departure to Bangladesh, she said during her stay there, she will call on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed and opposition party leader Begam Khalida Zia and discuss about the problems facing the Asian women.

A three-day ICAAP International Conference is going to be held in Bangladesh with a view to increasing women’s participation in the Asian political parties, making them financially secured and socially and politically empowered.

She will call on the Bangladeshi Prime Minister on Monday morning.

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala has said that four political parties have failed completely to give a wayout to the country.

Talking to some journalists at her residence this morning, Koirala said the four political parties’ top leaders were failure and added that there was no relevance of forming new government under the same figures.

She also said that the current Khil Raj Regmi led government should conduct the CA election in f free and fair manner. She further said that relevance of the CA election would end if it was conducted in the same manner like of the first CA election.

Koriala also condemned the government decision to remove the provision of threshold saying, “Minimum three percent threshold should be kept.”

Leader Koirala who was appointed the Vice Chairwoman from the conference of Asian Police Parties is leaving for Thailand tomorrow to participate in the ICAP meeting.

During her visit to Thailand, Koirala is scheduled to hold discussions with Thai Prime Minister regarding opportunities and challenges of women leadership.

At a news conference organised in Biratnagar today, Koirala claimed that anarchy will be increased and all political parties will be finished if the CPA is dissolved.