Kathmandu, April 16: Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairman, KP Sharma Oli, today renewed his appeal to the main opposition – Nepali Congress – to join the government as per the gentleman’s agreement reached during the promulgation of the new constitution.
At a press conference held at UML Central Office at Dhumbarahi to make public the decisions taken by the Central Committee Sixth Meeting, PM Oli said he was still ready to comply with the 16-point as well as gentleman’s agreement reached among major parties including the NC in the period before constitution was issued.
PM Oli spoke of the continuing discussions aimed at soliciting NC, and said that it will take some time. He said without the compliance to gentleman’s agreement one could not notice where and how many times the foot slipped.
The UML meeting has reiterated its stress on extensive national consensus to face the challenges before the country. It has called on NC to rectify past weaknesses and join the current government in the spirit of the gentleman’s agreement.
PM Oli said he was aware of the delay in the post-quake reconstruction work, and added he has instructed the bureaucracy to construct community settlements for those quake survivors living under the open sky before the onset of monsoon.
‘No factionalism in party, only in newspapers’
When a question was raised in connection to alleged factionalism dogging his party, the PM quickly refuted it. “There is no factionalism within us, only the newspapers are blaring out a clamour of factionalism. The Chairman presented the report at the meeting for deliberation, it is not any Puran or Swasthani story recitation,” PM Oli said.
The meeting also made a special insistence on tackling the prevailing challenges – possibility of which remains with the CPN (UML) leadership that is ideologically sound, organizationally strong and emotionally unified. It has called on the entire party’s rank and file to contribute to this end, a statement issued by Publicity Department Chief, Yogesh Bhattarai, reads.
Stress on socio-economic change
The UML meeting unanimously passed the political and organizational report presented by party chairman Oli after incorporating the appropriate suggestions that came during the group discussions. The report was discussed in ten groups.
The meeting concluded that the declaration of the Constitution of Nepal is a historic achievement as the constitution was formulated by the sovereign Constituent Assembly adopting the highest democratic process. It also concluded that now a suitable environment has been created for preparing the basis for socialism and strengthening of the people’s multiparty democracy through social-economic transformation, development of productive force and building a resilient national economy.
The meeting has once again called on the Madhes-centric parties to come for meaningful talks for resolving the problems.
Likewise, the meeting came to the conclusion that the social-economic change should be speeded up and big development projects implemented in the Tarai-Madhes, the problems of the landless squatters should be resolved and a meaningful change brought in the life of the general public through significant intervention in the social issues as violence against women, caste-based discrimination, untouchability, education, health and employment while at the same time taking the political rights to the grassroots.
The UML central committee meeting has also drawn the attention of the government towards on need of running the state apparatus as per the spirit of the new constitution, of curtailing black marketeering, hoarding and corrupt practices, of freeing the people from shortage and difficulties, of returning the earthquake victims to safe shelters by taking forward the reconstruction work in a rapid pace and of taking steps for expediting the development works in a speedy manner so that the people can feel the change.
The party standing committee will nominate the provincial committees, the advisory council and the Communist elders’ forum. A task force comprising general secretary Ishwar Pokharel and secretaries Prithvi Subba Gurung and Gokarna Bista has been constituted for the nomination of members to the party’s central departments.
It is stated that the task force will conclude the task of constituting the departments within seven days and with the consent of the chiefs and deputy chiefs of the related departments. RSS
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