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Tharu leaders of the ruling coalition have united in favor of the ordinance brought by the government. Organizing a joint press conference in the Capital on Tuesday, the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) leaders defended the ordinance. At a time when the Nepali Congress General Secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma have been protesting against the ordinance, NC central members Ram Janam Chaudhary, Yogendra Chaudhary, Gopal Dahit, and Kalpana Chaudhary among others welcomed the government’s move. During the conference, they strongly condemned the remarks of their own leaders including Thapa and Sharma. NC central member Yogendra Chaudhary warned that they would retaliate against those who protested against the ordinance. “The Tharuhat movement was held to protect the sovereignty of the country. But, the sentiments of Tharu were hurt by showing the Tharu movement. We honor the ordinance brought to resolve the false cases filed during the movement,” he said, adding, “We will not remain silent against those who are playing a game to destroy the ordinance and raise questions against it. We are ready to take to the streets to retaliate against them.” He said that Resham Chaudhary was framed because of a political conspiracy. Another NC central member Ram Janam Chaudhary said that they are hopeful that President Bidya Devi Bhandari would authenticate the ordinance. He also urged Gagan Thapa to recall his remarks he made some time ago. During a program, Thapa had said that Resham Chaudhary was innocent and should be released at the earliest. CPN (Maoist Center) politburo leader Santa Kumar Tharu welcomed the government’s move to issue the ordinance and said that the Tharu leaders became united to pile pressure on the party leaders. Earlier, NC General Secretary Bishwo Prakash Sharma had also objected to the government decision to bring the ordinance.  

Suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana is retiring today. He resumed office on 2 January, 2019 after taking the oath of office and secrecy. On 13 February, 2022, JBR faced an impeachment motion accusing him of failure to discharge his official responsibilities. Following this, he on December 6 pleaded by filing an application at the Parliament Secretariat seeking for the impeachment motion against him becoming ineffective. As per his demand, the Secretariat on December 7 sent a letter to the court citing that the impeachment motion against him was ineffective. However, a writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court against the letter. Following this, the apex court on Friday issued an interim order asking for not implementing the letter. Following the suspension of JBR, senior justice Hari Krishna Karki is working as acting CJ of the apex court. For the appointment of the new CJ, the Judicial Council will send an eligible name for the CJ to the Constitutional Council. Thereafter, the Constitutional Council will recommend the name with the Parliamentary Committee for a hearing. After the approval of the name by the Parliamentary Committee, President will appoint the new CJ, according to a legal provision. Spokesperson at the Judicial Council, Man Bahadur Karki said the hearing process will move ahead accordingly as the formation of the Constitutional Council and the Parliamentary Hearing Committee will likely take some time.

CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has reached the North Korean embassy at Jhamsikhel in Kathmandu to take part in the memorial assembly of Kim Jong-il, father of Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea. The North Korean embassy had invited Nepal as the chief guest of the memorial assembly. North Korean Ambassador to Nepal Jo Yong Man welcomed former prime minister Nepal at the Embassy. Earlier on November 9, Ambassador Jo had held a meeting with Nepal at the latter’s residence in Koteshwor. The North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was born in Russia on February 16, 1941 and died on December 17, 2011. He had ruled North Korea from October 8, 1997 to December 17, 2011. During the program, leader Nepal praised the role played by Kim Jong Il to develop the relations between Nepal and North Korea and also for development of North Korea. Ambassador Jo Yong Man among Embassy officials was present on the occasion. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, however, were not present in the program. Nepal and North Korea have diplomatic relations. North Korea has an embassy in Nepal but Nepal does not have embassy in North Korea.

Students of Trichandra Multiple Campus staged a demonstration in the Capital on Tuesday against the decision of the government to issue an ordinance to grant amnesty to Resham Chaudhary. The students staged the demonstration outside the Campus this morning after the government decided to bring an ordinance to free Resham Chaudhary and Muhammad Alam among others who have been doing time for heinous crime. A large number of students took part in the protest program organized by the All Nepal National Free Students' Union Trichandra Campus Committee. The government has been facing widespread criticism from all quarters of life after it decided to issue an ordinance to amend the negative list in Section 116 of Criminal Procedure Code. The ordinance brought to grant amnesty to Chaudhary has already been sent to President Bidya Devi Bhandari for the authentication. NC General Secretary duo Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma and leaders of various political parties have also condemned the government's move. Chaudhary has been serving a life term in the central jail for masterminding the carnage at Tikapur, Kailali, which took the lives of eight people including a toddler in August 2015. Meanwhile, the government has defended its move saying that past governments had also brought similar ordinances. Speaking at a press conference organized to make public the decision of the Cabinet meeting on Monday, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that the government brought the ordinance to bring political parties and groups involved in criminal activities into peaceful mainstream politics.