Opposition raising unnecessary issue in Parliament: PM Oli
Prime Minister KP Sharma said that the opposition parties were obstructing Parliament over unnecessary issues.
He was addressing the inaugural session of the Eighth International Women's Trade Fair in Lalitpur today.
A non-issue-removal of a government employee- surfaced in the Parliament, he said, adding that the government was preparing to pass the ordinances with replacement bills. But such obstruction would hamper the Parliament schedule, the PM expressed worry.
"When a competent person was given a leadership role in the same institution, it was not praised. But those who do not deserve it were given unnecessary praise," he said, viewing that attempts were being made to create terror in the name of protest.
PM Oli further said there will be rallies at two places in the Kathmandu Valley. "There is no point in making the mountain out of molehill in connection with the opposition's demonstration," he reminded.
Autocracy can't be alternative to democracy: Minister Lekhak
Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said autocracy cannot be an alternative to democracy at all. Nepali society has been accustomed to democratic values, so sliding back to autocracy is unacceptable, he added.
Minister Lekhak, who is also a Nepali Congress leader, was speaking at an interaction organized by his party's constituency-3 working committee in Rupandehi. Nepal cannot backtrack, he reiterated.
"Nepali people believe in democracy, Nepal is moving forward with democratic system,” he said.
He, however, admitted weaknesses in present delivery. The people's plight cannot be taken advantage of for disrupting the system, Lekhak asserted.
Zelensky hopes US will 'stand strong' in face of Russian demands
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he hopes the US will "stand strong" in the face of Russian demands to lift sanctions as a condition for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, BBC reported.
Moscow said a maritime truce announced on Tuesday to allow safe passage for commercial vessels would only begin once Western restrictions on Russia's food and fertiliser trade had been lifted.
Zelensky was speaking during a panel interview in Paris with journalists from across Europe, according to BBC.
Asked by the BBC if the US would resist Russian pressure, he said: "I hope so. God bless, they will. But we'll see."
Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India soon
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India soon, as Moscow makes arrangements for his trip, the first since the start of the Ukraine war, Firstpost reported.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced the travel on Wednesday during a video conference, stating, "President Vladimir Putin has accepted an offer to come from the Indian head of government. The Russian president is currently preparing to visit the Republic of India."He also stated that Russia is working to develop bilateral connections with major world powers such as India, with whom the country has a privileged strategic partnership,according to the Firstpost.
Earlier this week, Lavrov emphasized the contributions of India, China, and other BRICS and SCO members to the development of a multipolar world.
