Kathmandu, June 7: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘ Prachanda’ has said the nation, in the aftermath of the first-round of local-level election, is making headway towards the enforcement of the constitution as per the need of the nation and aspirations of people.
In his special address to the Legislature-Parliament session today, the Prime Minister said the local-level elections, an important base for enforcing the constitution, has maintained the unity among the mountain, hill and Tarai.
” The constitution is a dynamic document ,” he said, recalling commitments made in the past to its gradual amendment. According to him, efforts are underway to address grudges of the Tharu, Madhesi and indigenous nationalities regarding the country’s main law and such efforts will get a meaningful end.
Underlining the need of holding discussions on the constitution amendment bill with the open heart, the Prime Minister was of the view taking the proposal to a positive conclusion, making it all acceptable.
Somebody had to make sacrifices to maintain the national unity, he asserted, making it clear that he would never work from the perspective of imposing self willingness.
“The Prime Minister who had resigned from his post on May 24 informed the House that his resignation that came before the second-phase local-level lection was in the line with the agreement reached between the NC and CPN (Maoist Centre) in course of the government formation.
He said he had not decided to quit the prime ministerial post due to pressure from NC President Deuba, rather he wished to establish honesty and morality still exists in the Nepali politics.
Recalling a breach in the agreement reached between the party and CPN (UML) in the aftermath of the constitution promulgation, Prime Minister Dahal said his resignation keeping with the agreement reached between the two ruling parties has established that honesty and morality is still there in Nepali politics.
Noting that the issue of the regular job of the Election Commission has been brought in parliament and ‘dragged into controversy’, PM Dahal questioned how the obstruction of the parliament over the issue of Bharatpur could be termed as the main aspect of democracy.
“Immediately after hearing of the Bharatpur ballot paper tearing scam, I decided that that was not right and called the Election Commission officials and urged them to do what was required on this issue according to the law,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that his party and he have been ill intentionally accused in the Bharatpur scam, that a wrong publicity of the issue has been made and that the main opposition has raised a wrong issue to take political mileage.
Making it clear that his sincerity towards democracy was not any less than others, the PM said that making a wrong publicity pointing out at a particular incident was not beneficial and justified to the country and the people. He said the re-election in Bharatpur is going to be impartial and fearless as it has drawn the most attention and this would be an example for other provinces as well.
“How many proofs of my sincerity to democracy from history till now are necessary? How much evidence of my party and myself is needed regarding the sacrifice and dedication they have made from the time of the 12-point accord till the peace process? I want to ask the leader of the main opposition party, Mr KP Oli these questions,” he said.
Stating the allegation that the opposition party was not taken into confidence was not justified, the Prime Minister reminded that he had held regular consultations and dialogue regarding the constitution amendment, the local level election among a slew of other pertinent issues.
“Much egotism has been seen in the main opposition party. This ego benefits none, not even the UML,” he insisted.
Saying the Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track construction project has moved forward at the initiation of the Nepalese Army and that he had laid the foundation stone for that in the capacity of the Prime Minister, he said he did not want to take credit for this.
PM Dahal said that the economic growth of around 7.2 percent would not have been possible only based on the past budget itself had he not created an environment conducive for the economic and industrial growth and ended the load-shedding by forging consensus among the political parties.
Stressing that there was still the need of cooperation among the major political parties for addressing the national issues, PM Dahal reminded that nobody should forget the national need and go against the nation’s aspirations by deprecating others. RSS
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