Current alliance will continue for five years: PM Dahal
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today said the alliance between the current ruling partners would continue for five years.
He made this remark while talking to mediapersons at the Biratnagar Airport.
PM Dahal, accompanied by leaders of the Socialist Front, an alliance of four leftist parties, reached Biratnagar to address a 'message assembly' of the Front.
The assembly was organized by the Front including the CPN (Maoist Center), the CPN (Unified Socialist), the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand.
CPN (US) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, JSP Chairperson Upendra Yadav and the CPN General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav' are scheduled to address the meeting.
JSP Chair Yadav insists on political stability in Koshi Province
Janata Samajbadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav has underlined the need of political cooperation and consensus to establish political stability in the Koshi Province.
Talking to media at Biratnagar Airport today, the leader insisted on the need of political stability in the province and of gearing up for addressing the people's issues.
He utilized the moment to say that the Socialist Front was formed on the advice of Nepali Congress and it would be supported by the party.
He described the NC and Socialist Front as mutual supporters, adding that such cooperation should be further promoted for the institutionalization of democracy, economic development, prosperity, federalism and the republic.
PM directs NEA to not cut power supply to industries
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to not stop electricity supply to the industries until the dispute over the tariff related to dedicated feeder and trunk line is resolved. He said a study is being carried out to resolve the dispute over the tariff.
PM Dahal telephoned NEA Managing Director Kulman Ghising and issued this directive following his meeting with a delegation of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) led by its president Chandra Prasad Dhakal at the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar today.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister assured that he would take initiatives to sort out the dispute at the earliest by keeping the FNCCI, the Electricity Regulation Commission and NEA at one place.
The NEA had on September 3 issued a notice requiring the industries to pay within 15 days their outstanding electricity tariff of the dedicated feeder and trunk line. It had cautioned the industries that electricity supply would be stopped if they failed to clear the due tariff amount within the deadline.
FNCCI has suggested to the government that special initiatives were needed to protect the industries in the present time of economic crisis when they are operating at less than 40 percent of their capacity.
"We need support and cooperation at the present time. Our demand is that more problems should not be created," said the FNCCI president Dhakal. FNCCI says the industries and businesses are facing continued crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic and the entrepreneurs would be further discouraged if power supply is cut in such a situation.
PM to hold discussion with Nepali envoys to make foreign employment safe
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is holding a comprehensive discussion with the Nepali Ambassadors in the destination countries to make foreign employment orderly, dignified and safe.
The ambassadors and heads of delegations of the destination countries have arrived in Kathmandu for discussions to be held on Monday and Tuesday at the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar.
According to the Prime Minister's Office, the discussion to be chaired by Prime Minister Dahal will focus on labor migration issues and the role of diplomatic missions.
The meeting will deal with the problems faced by the workers going for foreign employment from the time they get the work permit to the workplace, find ways to solve them and turn the conclusions into decisions.
The Ministry of Labor and Employment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also participate in the discussion. The meeting will identify necessary legal and structural reforms required for a safe labor destination.
This is the first-of-its-kind meeting being held in Nepal at the initiative of the Prime Minister.
A working group consisting of secretaries of relevant ministries was formed under the leadership of the chief secretary to collect the necessary data from the Nepali embassies in the destination countries and ways to solve the problems seen in the foreign employment sector.
