Biratnagar, Dec 7: Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said the incumbent government that was formed for political stability and good governance would move ahead without disruption.
Inaugurating the NC first Koshi province conference in Biratnagar today, he clarified that the present government would continue as per the two-party agreement. Stating that significant achievements were made during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to China, he congratulated the PM and extended best wishes.
Nepal has received grants from the Chinese government for various projects through the BRI agreement to check increasing debt burden, he said, adding that “The NC-UML alliance will continue for a full time. NC would gain strength only when the party’s base remained strong in rural areas”, Deuba said the party could win the elections when the rural areas and local levels were strong.
He expressed the confidence that the party would take important decisions from the conference.Party Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka asserted that the party should be run according to the statute, underlining the need of a systematic training campaign at local level.
Noting that the results of the recently concluded by-elections were positive and encouraging for the party, he said the NC would also take the lead in amending the constitution.General Secretary Gagan Thapa said there was an equation between the UML and the NC to establish the rule of law. NC central member and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak said democracy would be strengthened only if the NC was strong. Former general-secretary of the NC, Krishna Prasad Sitaula spoke the importance of wider discussion on the agenda of constitution amendment.
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