The Nepali Congress (Democratic) has decided that constituent assembly should top its agenda, followed by process to bring the army under the parliament.

The party also decided to go by the the road map of the alliance. The party has agreed to keep its separate identity in the House of Representatives (HoR) but will not go against the whip issued by Nepali Congress.

Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress today named a five-member Inter-Party Coordination Committee headed by General Secretary Ram Chandra Paudel as coordinator. Members include Ram Sharan Mahat, Mahesh Acharya, Krishna Prasad Sitaula and Dilendra Prasad Badu.

The NC (D) was formed after split in the NC after the dissolution of the HoR and the party does not have recognition as a separate party in the parliament.

Four members of the reinstated HoR are losing their seats from Friday, the day when House convenes after a four-year gap.

Two members each from the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML are losing their membership, as they had formed separate parties or quit the parties which they represented in the 1999 parliamentary polls.

NC has decided to expel Prakash Koirala and Narayan Singh Pun from the Nepali Congress. Koirala, elected from Rautahat-4, has formed the Nepali Congress (Nationalist) and Pun, elected from Myagdi, has formed the Nepal Samata Party. Both the leaders accepted position in the royal government.

The Nepali Congress has already sent a letter to parliament requesting the speaker to scrap the membership of Koirala and Pun.

Likewise, CPN-UML has decided to expel Prem Bahadur Singh and Nara Bahadur Budha. nepalnews.com pb Apr 27 06