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The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has decided to take action against federal council Chairman Baburam Bhattarai among nine leaders.

The Central Committee meeting of the Chairman Upendra Yadav faction which started on Wednesday and ended on Thursday decided to take action against federal council Chairman Bhattarai, central executive members Mahendra Raya Yadav, Hisila Yami, Durga Sherpa, Prashant Singh, Ganga Shrestha, Ramesh Yadav, Dan Bahadur Chaudhary and Bhakta Bahadur Shahi.

A central member said that the party has decided to take action against nine executive members of the Bhattarai faction and relieve them of their duties.

The JSP, however, has not made public the decisions.

Minister for Forest and Environment Pradeep Yadav, who is also a central member of the party, said that the decisions made by the Yadav faction would be made public by organizing a press conference in Birgunj tomorrow.

"The two-day meeting has made very tough and important decisions," he said, adding, "The decisions will be made public by organizing a press conference on Friday."

CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stressed on forging unity among the communist forces believing in scientific approach. 

Addressing a policy dialogue on science and technology organized by Bikalpa Foundation here today, he said there is no alternative to unity among the honest communists with scientific mindset. 

The Maoist Centre Chair said: "I had forged Communist unity last time taking a big risk and making sacrifices with the thinking that it is the communists who have a scientific bend of mind in Nepal compared to others and it would work well to bring them all together. Still now, sincere communists having scientific thinking should be one and this mission of ours would be continued."  

He opined that policy reforms could be made in the science and technology sector to move ahead on the journey of development and prosperity only if those having scientific thinking move forward united. 

Stating that scientific discoveries have been taking place in the science and technology sector as per the need of the general public, former Prime Minister Dahal underscored the need of utilizing science and technology for increasing people's productivity and production power in the present digital age. 

According to him, science should be used consciously for increasing new production and the production capability and for bringing about social transformation in a scientific way. 

Leader Dahal reiterated that the Nepali society needed a new type of discourse with scientific thinking and the communist forces needed to once again stand at one place for leading it and for waging a movement. 

He opined that this discussion should be moved ahead as a campaign in a more systematic and planned way among the political forces committed to the scientific approach, development and prosperity.

National Assembly member Narayan Kaji Shrestha has demanded that the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari should immediately resign.

Speaking in the ‘special hour’ of the Upper House session today (Thursday), he said a name of the member of the CPN (UML)’s Economic and Planning Department is mentioned as M Adhikari and it is the NRB Governor’s shortened name.

The name was mentioned as Maha Prasad Adhikari as one of the members of the Department in 2073 BS but it has been changed now as M Adhikari, mentioning him as economist and planning expert.

“Either documents proving that the name M Adhikari is not the NRB Governor should be made public, if not he should resign from the post of Governor,” Shrestha, also the senior leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre), said.

He has drawn the attention of the UML and the concerned authorities in this connection. “The UML has not refuted this matter in a credible way and the question of whether or not it can do it is serious,” leader Shrestha reiterated.

“Is it proper for him to remain in the post when there is a clear provision in Clause 21 of NRB Act 2058 BS that the Governor, Deputy Governor or any Board member should not be associated in any political party?”

Lawmaker Shrestha also called for withdrawing the bill related to the Constitutional Council, stating that previous government’s works done according to the same provisions had been protested but the same bill is presented in parliament now. He stressed that there should not be double standards regarding the laws while in government and when not in government.

Leader Shrestha also suggested not taking foreign assistance for the election.

Government’s attention drawn on systematizing foreign employment 

Meanwhile, the lawmakers have drawn the attention of the government to the need of making the foreign employment sector dignified and systematic.

They also complained that there has been no change in the situation of Nepali youths to go abroad for employment and having to carry out risky works for lack of adequate employment opportunities at home.

Prakash Pantha said there were no equal facilities and provisions for the youths who have gone abroad for employment. He wondered why such situation existed.

He also underscored the need of making arrangements for the provision of equal facilities to them and to strictly check the practice of the foreign employment agents duping the foreign employment aspirant youths.

Bhairab Sundar Shrestha said life has been affected due to the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in various places of Jajarkot district in recent days.

He stressed the need of collaboration between the government, opposition and all the sides concerned for resolving the looming economic crisis in the country.

The CPN-UML has clarified that M Adhikari of the Finance and Planning Department is not Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari of Rastra Bank.

In a letter sent to Governor Adhikari, UML Office Secretary Bhisma Adhikari said that the person mentioned in the department as M Adhikari, Khotang is not the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari.

Earlier on Wednesday, Government Adhikari wrote a letter to the Central Office of UML saying that he was not affiliated to any political party.

Saying that the formation of the department has created confusion, he urged the UML leadership to clarify the issue.

As per his request, the UML wrote a letter and made it clear that M Adhikari of the department is not Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari.