NC‚ CPN-M to topple govt through street protests
KATHMANDU:Amid the opposition parties’ increasing rancour against the Baburam Bhattarai-led government and clamour for a national unity government under a different leadership, the Nepali Congress and the CPN-Maoist today announced at a joint meeting that they will topple the incumbent government through street protests.
The opposition parties’ stance notwithstanding, the Unified CPN-Maoist, the main constituent in the ruling coalition, reiterated that the opposition parties will ultimately join the incumbent government and give it a national shape, saying removing Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is against the constitution.
While UCPN-M spokesman Agni Sapkota echoed this at a regular press briefing today, Maoist sources claimed that party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been doing spadework to replace Bhattarai and hold the mantle himself. They claimed Dahal is forcing the opposition to support him by defaming PM Bhattarai.
Though the President-set deadline for naming the consensus candidate for a consensus government ends in four days, major parties are busy locking horns over the government leadership.
The meeting of the UCPN-M office-bearers held at Dahal’s Lazimpat residence this morning decided to take initiatives for transforming the incumbent government into a unity dispensation.
Following the meeting with CPN-M leaders CP Gajurel and Dev Gurung, NC president Sushil Koirala clarified that a national unity government is not possible under any leader of the ruling coalition. “We decided to pick leader for such a government, who is not part of the coalition,” he told reporters after a meeting at his Maharajgunj-based residence this morning. CPN-M secretary Gurung said the two parties have agreed to launch street movements to topple the government as Bhattarai is bent on clinging to power.
Meanwhile, CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal today said turning the Bhattarai-led government into a consensus dispensation is out of the question, taking exception to the President’s suggestion that it will be better if the parties join the incumbent government. “I reiterate it is not possible to form a consensus government under Bhattarai’s leadership,” Khanal told reporters at his Dallu residence this morning.
He said the incumbent government is the stumbling block on the path of consensus, without which holding fresh elections in May will be next to impossible.
The opposition parties’ stance notwithstanding, the Unified CPN-Maoist, the main constituent in the ruling coalition, reiterated that the opposition parties will ultimately join the incumbent government and give it a national shape, saying removing Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is against the constitution.
While UCPN-M spokesman Agni Sapkota echoed this at a regular press briefing today, Maoist sources claimed that party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been doing spadework to replace Bhattarai and hold the mantle himself. They claimed Dahal is forcing the opposition to support him by defaming PM Bhattarai.
Though the President-set deadline for naming the consensus candidate for a consensus government ends in four days, major parties are busy locking horns over the government leadership.
The meeting of the UCPN-M office-bearers held at Dahal’s Lazimpat residence this morning decided to take initiatives for transforming the incumbent government into a unity dispensation.
Following the meeting with CPN-M leaders CP Gajurel and Dev Gurung, NC president Sushil Koirala clarified that a national unity government is not possible under any leader of the ruling coalition. “We decided to pick leader for such a government, who is not part of the coalition,” he told reporters after a meeting at his Maharajgunj-based residence this morning. CPN-M secretary Gurung said the two parties have agreed to launch street movements to topple the government as Bhattarai is bent on clinging to power.
Meanwhile, CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal today said turning the Bhattarai-led government into a consensus dispensation is out of the question, taking exception to the President’s suggestion that it will be better if the parties join the incumbent government. “I reiterate it is not possible to form a consensus government under Bhattarai’s leadership,” Khanal told reporters at his Dallu residence this morning.
He said the incumbent government is the stumbling block on the path of consensus, without which holding fresh elections in May will be next to impossible.
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