PM Oli calls for unity, reconciliation for political stability
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stated that unity and collaboration between the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, despite their distinct political ideologies, have enabled the nation to successfully face each critical juncture.
Responding to concerns raised by lawmakers during a session of the House of Representatives today, Prime Minister Oli was of the view that such collaboration has led to political stability and transformative achievements, institutionalizing these accomplishments.
He said that both political parties were able to steer adverse political developments in the right direction by following the paths laid out by BP Koirala and Pushpa L Lal Shrestha.
He claimed that the NC-UML coalition government has been successful in terms of achieving political stability and promoting prosperity in the country.
Oli also took the opportunity to pay tribute to veteran communist leader Pushpa Lal and Nepal's first elected Prime Minister BP Koirala, whose memorial days were observed yesterday and today, respectively.
He called on political leaders to focus on unity and reconciliation, rather than on 'difference' and 'division,' emphasizing the message of harmony conveyed by the two leaders.
The Prime Minister, who is also the Chair of UML, said that Pushpa Lal, a relentless fighter for the cause of the nation and its citizens, was even denied the right to spend his final days in his homeland by the then autocratic regime.
He added that Pushpa Lal’s vision for a joint people’s movement was realized through the collaboration between the Nepali Congress and the then United Left Front Nepal in 1990, which led to the establishment of a multiparty democratic system.
A similar form of collaboration in 2063 BS reinstated the dissolved Parliament, bringing about a qualitative transformation in the political system. Such unity and transformation paved the way for suspending the centuries-old monarchy and enabled the situation wherein a people-elected Prime Minister could exercise the rights of the head of government, according to the Prime Minister.
PM's special address at House postponed
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's special address at the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for today has been postponed.
Chief Whip of UML Parliamentary Party, Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, informed that the scheduled address of the PM was removed from Parliament business today.
However, the session of lawmakers' questions and answers with the PM will run as it is, he added.
Government decides to declare Madhes Province as disaster-hit area
The government has decided to declare Madhes Province as a disaster-hit area.
A Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to declare Madhes Province as a disaster-hit area.
The government decided to declare Madhes Province as a disaster-hit area after the villagers of eight districts reel under shortage of drinking water and water for irrigation even during the monsoon season, a minister said.
The Cabinet made such a decision on the recommendation of Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.
Deputy Attorney General Ghimire resigns
Deputy Attorney General Tek Prasad Ghimire resigned from his post on Wednesday.
A Cabinet meeting held on July 20 had decided to approve Ghimire's voluntary retirement.
Government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung informed about this while making public the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on July 20 during a press conference.
