Kathmandu, Dec 3: Despite vehement efforts, the government has failed to reach agreement with the agitating Dr Govinda KC on Friday night too. The talks continued till midnight at the Ministry of Education. But, the teams from the government and from Dr KC’s sides were unable to seal the deal.
With this, they, however, decided to sit again at 9:00am Saturday.
Sharing the information about the talks, Secretary at Education Ministry, Shanta Bahadur Shretha, said, “There is a technical problem at present for the immediate appointment of Dean at the Institute of Medicine based on seniority as demanded by the agitating Dr KC. However, we agreed to conclude this after holding discussion with the Tribhuvan University officials. ”
According to him, it is not government but the TU to appoint IoM Dean, for the TU is an autonomous body.
As Dr KC did not budge from the stand that TU Vice-Chancellor Dr Tirtha Khaniya resigned from the post, KC’s team denied signing on agreement paper drafted by the government.
However, the talks did not zero in on the resignation of TU Vice-Chancellor, added Secretary Shrestha.
It was learnt earlier that there were 10-point agreement prepared for signing.
One of the participants in the talks, Minister for Health, Gagan Thapa, said as the appointment of IoM Dean did not fall under the jurisdiction of his ministry, he was mere facilitator during the talks.
The dialogue was attended by Minister Thapa, Health Secretary Senendra Raj Uprety, Education Secretary Shrestha, TU Vice-Chancellor Dr Khaniya and the team from Dr KC’s side. RSS
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