Ready to form government together with NC: Hikmat Karki

Koshi Province Acting Chief Minister Hikmat Karki said that the CPN-UML is ready to form a new government together with the Nepali Congress.

Karki, who was reinstated after the Supreme Court removed Congress province Parliamentary Party leader Uddhav Thapa from the post of chief minister, took charge as the acting chief minister today.

Speaking to journalists at the Biratnagar Airport this afternoon, he said that the UML will not be the stumbling block for the prosperity of the province.

Karki said that the country’s largest parties—Nepali Congress and CPN-UML—could go together.

“We can go ahead by forming a new government if the Nepali Congress is ready to work with the UML for democracy and good governance. We are open,” he said.

Karki said that discussions are going on for the same.

“We are ready to give the post of chief minister. The party should be ready to give the post of chief minister if it has no majority. But I do not agree with the proposal to change the leadership on the rotation basis,” he said.

Karki said that the UML could also go to the office of the province chief for the formation of a new government by garnering a majority.