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The Rastriya Swatantra Party elected President Rabi Lamichhane as its Parliamentary Party leader. A Central Committee meeting of the RSP held on Monday decided to elect Lamichhane as the leader of the Parliamentary Party, party spokesperson Mukul Dhakal said. The Parliamentary Party will endorse the decision. Lamichhane had resigned from the leader of the Parliamentary Party after he lost the post of lawmaker over the citizenship issue. Later, Dol Prasad Aryal was made the Parliamentary Party leader. Aryal has submitted the resignation to Deputy Parliamentary Party leader Biraj Bhakta Shrestha after Lamichhane was re-elected as the lawmaker from Chitwan-2.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party has said that it will take a decision on joining the government only on Friday. During a Central Committee meeting of the party held on Monday, the leaders discussed taking a decision on joining the government only on Friday, RSP spokesperson Mukul Dhakal said. He said that the final decision on the issue will be taken after holding a meeting on Friday.    

Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala stressed that there should be representation of workers at the policy making level. In a message on the occasion of International Labour Day, the Congress leaders said that there should be the representation of workers at the policy making level to take ahead the rights of workers. “The representation of workers is necessary at the policy making level of the state to establish the rights of workers,” he said. Leader Koirala demanded that the government form a Labour Commission to resolve the problems of workers.    

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that the coalition government would last for five years. He was speaking at a program organized in Chitwan on Monday. Claiming that he was working to show results in favor of people, Prime Minister Dahal said that there is no possibility of a change in the government. Saying that the government is ready to open any files of corruption cases, the prime minister said that he would not compromise on the issues of corruption. Prime Minister Dahal said so after the Rastriya Prajatantra Party said that it would be meaningless to join the government if the files of corruption cases are not opened. Meanwhile, he urged the Rastriya Swatantra Party to join the government. “This government has never said that it will not open the files of corruption cases. I am ready to open any files of corruption cases,” he said. On a different note, Prime Minister Dahal said that he has already expressed his commitment to address the demands of Mahabir Pun. Pun has been staging a protest demanding that the government give priority to innovation and research in the country. He went on to say that no political party had tried to attack the vehicle of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli. Prime Minister Dahal further said that the decision to release Rs200,000 each to the disqualified fighters was not made by this government. The government has just implemented the decision made in 2014.