Kathmandu, Dec. 10: Nepali Congress President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Friday inaugurated the 14th General Convention at Bhrikuti Mandap in Kathmandu by garlanding the portrait of Nepali Congress founding leader BP Koirala.
CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli, Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (ML) CP Mainali, Janata Samajwadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav, Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party Chairman Mahanta Thakur, Vice Chairman of Janamorcha Durga Poudel and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden along with the top leaders of the Nepali Congress, leaders of the major political parties of the country and leaders and representatives of the political parties from India participated the NC jamboree.
Chairman Nepal challenges former King Gyanendra to form political party if he wants to make it to power again
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Chairman of the CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has challenged former King Gyanendra Shah to form a new party if he wanted to become involved in politics and make it to power again.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 14th General Convention of Nepali Congress (NC) in Kathmandu on Friday, Chairman Nepal also said that Nepali people will now not accept any move to take the country back to regression. He also said that monarchy had no future in the country.
Chairman Nepal also urged political parties to work seriously for the cause of ordinary people in order to deliver on their promises. Arguing that politics in Nepal was largely detached from the concerns of ordinary people, Nepal said that getting power and position alone should not be the goal of politics.
On the occasion, Chairman Nepal also said that they should focus on mechanization and modernization of agriculture to give rise to entrepreneurship in the country.
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has requested Nepali Congress (NC) not to be arrogant and walk alone.
Speaking at the NC 14th National General Convention on Friday, he mentioned that the NC and the Maoist Center should work together. Hinting at the Nepali Congress, he said, “Sometimes I hear our allies talking about walking alone.”
“Nobody should be arrogant enough to walk alone. We should walk together. Even if there is political competition, unity must be sought within that competition,” he said, adding that the downward journey would start with the arrogance of walking alone.
“I have experienced bitterness, egoism and a kind of arrogance and weakening of relations with the people when the party grows big,” said Dahal.
Oli satires Lingden: ‘A newborn calf does not know how to walk’
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli responded to newly-elected RPP Chairperson Rajendra Lingden in a satirical way after the RPP Chairman made a statement regarding the monarchy.
At the 14th National General Convention of the Nepali Congress, Lingden said that the people had started name-tagging political leaders as thieves and that the monarchy should be restored as the head of state. Oli in a satirical way said ‘a newborn calf does not know how to walk and runs a lot’.
‘No leader is born from a citizen. Should they say every leader is a thief? Should they carry around such things? The newly-elected fellow chairman may have hot blood. The newborn calf does not know how to walk, it runs more,” said Oli.
Lingden was recently elected as the chairman of RPP by defeating Kamal Thapa, who went on to allege that former King Gyanendra Shah had supported Lingden to defeat him. Lingden has been a strong advocate of restoring monarchy in the country.
Stability in Nepal hinges on the ability of major parties to address issues of Madhesi people: Chairman Thakur
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Chairman of the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Mahantha Thakur, has said that issues of Madhesi people would burst if they are not addressed on time.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 14th General Convention of Nepali Congress held in Kathmandu on Friday, Chairman Thakur appreciated the role of NC to establish democracy in the country. Arguing that it is important to ensure stability in the party to ensure stability of the government, he said that stability of the country largely hinges on the ability of the major political parties in the country to address the concerns of Madhesi people.
Thakur mentioned that Madhesi people had launched street protests right since the new constitution was promulgated. He also expressed dissatisfaction over the failure of the government to release innocent party leaders and cadres currently serving jail terms in fake cases.
– TRN/Republica
