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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayan Kaji Shrestha has pledged to come up with an effective and result-oriented action plan to address all sorts of issues in the transport sector. He said the government would intervene in the area for the convenience of service seekers. Talking to the media following his inspection to the Transport Management Office in Kathmandu and in Lalitpur today, the Minister pledged to work in collaboration with the province government for the improvement in the transport sector. He said that the federal and province governments were in touch to ensure reforms in the area.  He assured of quality transport services in the days ahead. “Services to people are delayed, now acts will go through a new approach,” he said, promising wider digital services and an increment in transport staff. He insisted that employees should be responsible for the given duties. “Good governance and timely delivery should always be our top priorities.” He also instructed the transport office to publish the results of the driving license exam the following day of the exam.

The CPN (Unified Socialist) has decided not to join the government. A politburo meeting held in Kathmandu made the decision to this effect, party spokesperson Jagannath Khatiwada said. He was of the opinion that the party has decided to study the parties affiliated to the alliance. “We held broader discussions on the government of the incumbent coalition. We will take the decision on joining the government only after analyzing the programs brought by the government,” Khatiwada said. He said that the party secretariat has been given the rights to take the decision on whether to join the government or not. Khatiwada further said that the party has not got any proposal yet to participate in the government. “The country has a coalition government. We do not have a negative opinion over the government. But, formally we have not any proposal pertaining to joining the government,” he said.

Ramesh Lekhak has been appointed as the Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress. Party President and Parliamentary Party leader Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed him to the post as per the party’s Parliamentary Party statute.  

Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel has said national consensus was the need of the hour. "National consensus is necessary to safeguard the achievements including democracy, system and constitution gained through various movements," he said. At an interaction organized here today, he said that there was no alternative to going together to institutionalize the gained achievements and to protect the constitution. Saying that some groups are being active to bring instability in the country, the NC senior leader expressed the view that it was necessary to fight for system rather than power. He further said that the country should now go for economic revolution as political revolution has already been completed with the promulgation of the constitution.