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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pointed out the need of encouraging youth to seek entrepreneurship and to become self-employed. In a message of best wishes on the occasion of 8th anniversary of National Youth Council here today, PM Dahal said that economic prosperity could be attained if youth are made self-sufficient, arguing that youth were catalysts for change. Council was formed on this day in 2072 BS for promoting leadership among the youth and to advance the agenda of the youth in the country. The Council has spread its tentacles all over the country and is functioning at all local levels. Stating that it was imperative for the Council to move ahead formulating youth-oriented policies and programs ensuring its implementation to mobilize youth force positively, Dahal commended the Council for positively leading in the areas of youth awareness, empowerment and leadership development among others in spite of resources and budget constraints in a short span of time. Lauding the Council's positive initiatives for greater development of the youth, the Head of the Government expressed his confidence that the Council would move ahead effectively shouldering the responsibility of nation-building and ensuring welfare of youths associated with parent government organizations. Meanwhile, Council's Chairperson Surendra Basnet in a separate congratulatory message, spoke of the need to make youth, the backbone in the nation-building, self-employed and self-reliant. Basnet underscored the need to link education with labor, labor with skills, skills with production, employment and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, he opined that it was important to form a socialist system of the state by making youth force an integral part of development and prosperity.  

Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh has said a broader consensus government would be formed after the presidential election. Talking to journalists in Dhanusha on Thursday, leader Singh, who arrived here to attend a program, said that a broader consensus government would be formed after the presidential election slated for March 9 as per the agreement signed among the eight political parties. He said that the politics which had lost direction has come to the right track. Singh claimed that Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel’s victory is certain in the presidential election. He said that the onus rests on the shoulders of all the political parties to take the country towards the path of prosperity by creating a conducive political environment.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has withdrawn its support extended to the Karnali Province government headed by Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma. RPP Province Assembly member Santoshi Shahi handed a letter to the Province Chief Tilak Pariyar today and informed that the party has withdrawn its support extended to the government. She said the party pulled out of the Karnali Province government as per the directive of the RPP central level. The RPP had also withdrawn its support to the federal government a few days ago. "The party central level has made a decision that it will not be appropriate for the RPP to be in power in the changed political context. In line with this decision, the RPP will withdraw its support extended to the provincial governments across the country," Shahi said. The RPP has only one seat in the 40-member Karnali Province Assembly.

CPN-UML leaders held a meeting with CPN (Unified Socialist) party Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal at the latter’s party office in Aloknagar on Thursday to discuss the presidential election. Presidential candidate UML Vice-Chairman Subash Nembang, Vice-Chairman Bishnu Paudel, Deputy General Secretary Prithvi Subba Gurung, Raghubir Mahaseth and Bimala Rai had reached CPN (US)'s party office this morning to meeting Nepal. On the occasion, UML leaders urged Nepal to support Nembang in the presidential election. CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal, Vice-Chairman Prakash Hamal, General Secretary Beduram Bhusal and Deputy General Secretary Prakash Jwala among others were present in the meeting. The presidential election is scheduled for March 9. Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel from the new alliance and UML Vice-Chairman Subash Nembang have filed their nominations for the election. The CPN (Unified Socialist), however, has decided to support Congress leader Paudel in the presidential election.