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Nepal Political News In Brief (9 - 15 December 2013)

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Singh Sings Consensus Tune
Nepali Congress general secretary Prakashman Singh said drafting a new constitution on the basis of consensus was the need of the hour. Speaking at a programme in capital last Saturday, newly-elected Constituent Assembly (CA) member Singh said his party would take initiative for drafting a new constitution by taking all the political parties represented there into confidence. The matters of government formation and about the President cropped up in the present should be seriously dealt with as they could fuel people’s frustrations, he said. Underlining the need of ending long-standing political transition as soon as possible, leader Singh assured of understanding between the Congress and CPN (UML) to settle the contentious issues.
 
Secy Baskota Monitors Road Expansion Works
Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Krishna Hari Baskota, has directed the concerned sectors to expedite the works under the road expansion campaign in the Kathmandu Valley. Secretary Baskota, who is also the coordinator of road expansion high level monitoring committee, monitored the expansion works and directed the concerned sectors to complete the road expansion very quickly.”If the contractors are lackadaisical, they must be made aware of it, and if it does not work, the contract can be scrapped,” he warned the contractors. 
 
Gajurel’s Nay to Unity with UCPN (Maoist)
CPN-Maoist vice-chairman CP Gajurel has said there was no possibility of party’s unification with the UCPN-Maoist. “There was no meaning in forging alliance with the UCPN-Maoist, from which we walked away last year,” he said, adding that the UCPN-Maoist was an opportunist party. Speaking at an interaction programme organised in capital last Saturday, Vice-Chairman Gajurel  accused the leaders of the UCPN (Maoist) of harbouring opportunistic character. However, he said if it agreed in roundtable conference, the CPN-Maoist would talk of unity with this party.
 
Gachhadar Bats for Congress-led Govt
Madhesi Janadhikar Forum- Democratic chairman Bijay Kumar Gachhadar has said that his party would support the government under the leadership of Nepali Congress (NC). During the meeting with NC president Sushil Koirala held at his residence in Maharajgunj last Friday, Gachchhadar said that his party was committed to democracy and would support the government under the NC-led government. During the meeting the two leaders discussed about forging political consensus to form the government, to call the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) and Legislature-Parliament, and constitution writing among other contemporary issues. 
 
CA Court Summons Dahal
Constituent Assembly court issued an order last Friday summoning UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, winner from  Siraha constituency no. 5, to appear in the court within 10 days. A divisional bench of CA Court Chairperson Kalyan Shrestha and member duo, Girish Chandra Lal and Sushila Karki issued the directive to UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Dahal and election officer of Siraha constituency no. 5 Uddhav Bhattarai, among others. CPN-UML candidate from the constituency Leelanath Shrestha had demanded re-polling alleging election rigging by the cadres of Chairperson Dahal.

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