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The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has decided to organise a tea reception on Poush 27 (Wednesday) on the occasion of the Prithvi Jayanti. It is the birthday of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the unifier of modern Nepal. The 301st birth anniversary and National Unity Day will be observed with tea reception. The event will be held at Bhrikutimandap from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm, according to party Spokesperson and Chief of publicity department, Mohan Shrestha. He informed that the Prime Minister, ministers, chiefs of various political parties and leaders, and government dignitaries, among others, were invited to the tea party. Prithvi Narayan Shah, known as the founder of modern Nepal, was born in Gorkha on Poush 27, 1997BS. The RPP Nepal had been demanding the government to announce a public holiday on Prithvi Jayanti. Finally, the Nepal government addressed it yesterday. Spokesperson Shrestha thanked the government for addressing the aspiration and demand of the party and the entire Nepalis. The Day will be observed in a grand manner tomorrow, he added.

The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A Parliamentary Party meeting of the party held on Tuesday made the decision to this effect, party leader Keshav Jha said. Earlier, the party had entrusted Chairman Mahantha Thakur with the responsibility to make a decision on whether to give a vote of confidence to PM Dahal or not. PM Dahal is seeking the vote of confidence today. Dahal was appointed the prime minister with the support of seven parties including the CPN-UML on December 25. Earlier, the CPN (Unified Socialist) had also decided to give a vote of confidence to PM Dahal.

Nagarik Unmukti Party has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A meeting of the party held on Tuesday made the decision to this effect, Chief Whip Ganga Ram Chaudhary said. He, however, said that the party has decided to stay in the opposition bench in the Parliament despite giving the vote of confidence. Chaudhary said that the party will not participate in the government until the release of Resham Chaudhary, serving life imprisonment for his involvement in the 2015 Tikapur incident, and will play as a role of opposition. The coalition government had addressed the demands of the Nagarik Unmukti Party through the Common Minimum Program (CMP) unveiled on Monday. Chaudhary said that the party had reached the decision to give a vote of confidence by welcoming the same.

The government is going to implement the agreements signed during the Tarai Madhes Movement. Unveiling the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of the government on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel said that the government will soon implement the agreements signed with the agitating groups. “The cases will be scrapped and arrested leaders and cadres will be released as per the agreements signed between the government and protesters during the Tarai Madhes Movement,” the program said. The CK Raut-led Janamat party and Resham Chaudhary’s Nagarik Unmukti Party had put forward this agenda as a condition to participate in the government. The both parties had also announced that they would not participate in the government until their demands are met. A leader of the ruling coalition said that the process to release the leaders and cadres of Janatmat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party will be started soon. Earlier on Sunday, Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party had reached a 12-point agreement for functional unity. The two parties had decided to mount pressure on the government to release Resham Chaudhary among others convicted in the Kailai carnage.