KATHMANDU: Leader of Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal, Mahantha Thakur, has demanded the government to make public the report of the Commission, formed under the coordination of former Chief Judge, Girish Chandra Lal to carry probe into Tarai-Madhes unrest.
Addressing the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday, leader Thakur raised a question why the government has been making delay in releasing the report, though it assured of releasing it after the direction of the Speaker and request of lawmakers.
Similarly, leader of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, said that they would withdraw their support to the government if it does not carry out activities as per the agreement.
KATHMANDU: Police have begun an investigation into four cases against leaders of Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led Communist Party of Nepal including Standing Committee member Hemanta Prakash Oli arrested on Friday.
According to Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur, police have started the investigation into the cases of organized crime, crime against the state, arms and ammunition and bomb explosion.
They were presented before Lalitpur District court on Sunday. The court remanded them to eight days in judicial custody to facilitate the investigation.
Police have filed cases against leader Oli, central member Basanta Shrestha, Rautahat District In-charge Shankar Adhikari, Lalitpur District Committee Member Buddha Bahadur Sintang, members Ramkrishna Khatiwada, Devraj Ghimire, Sandeep Karki, Lokendra Khadka and driver Dharmaraj Rajbahak. Police is also preparing to file a murder case against them.
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress Vice-president Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar has opined the issues related to the Netra Bikram Chand Biplav-led outfit should be addressed through dialogues. The Parliamentary Party’s deputy leader of the main opposition party was speaking at the Sunday’s meeting of the Parliament.
Mentioning the efforts of former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to bring the then Maoist Party to mainstream politics through the Comprehensive Peace Accord, Gachchhadar stressed the need to address Biplav demands through peace talks.
On a different note, Gachchhadar said although CK Raut, who had waged a secessionist movement in the past, was brought to the mainstream politics, there should be an assurance from him that no any issue related to the division of the country would be raised.
KATHMANDU: Doctors attending to Nepali Congress Former General Secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula have said the leader is recovering. He is receiving treatment for various health issues at the Kathmandu-based HAMS Hospital.
The NC leader was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital, and his health is improving, according to the statement issued by Dr. Bhashkar Raj Panta and ICU in-charge Dr. Sabin Koirala.
Sitaula was rushed to the hospital on Friday evening after his hemoglobin level went down, and his blood pressure level lowered.
KATHMANDU: The meeting of the House of Representatives on Sunday passed some Nepal acts amendment bill including the Civil Code 2075 with a majority of votes.
The bill presented in the meeting by Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Bhanubhakta Dhakal in today’s meeting. Minister Dhakal responded to the questions forwarded by lawmakers and said the government was always positive to clear the legal hurdles.
Meanwhile, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal on behalf of the Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel presented the proposal to send the Nuclear Bill, 2075 to the concerned committee for deliberation.
Likewise, Secretary at the HoR, Gopalnath Yogi tabled the bill on Pesticides Management, 2075; Land Use Bill, 2075; Citizen Investment Trust (second amendment) Bill; 2075 and the Advertisements (Regulation) Bill, 2075 along with messages from the National Assembly (NA).
Also, he presented the Public Auditing Bill, 2075; the Special Economic Zone (first amendment) Bill, 2075; the Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Bill, 2075; the Public-Private Partnership and Investment Bill, 2075 and the State Public Service Commission (Basis and Standards) Bill, 2075, all attached with messages from the NA.
KATHMANDU: The government has warned that individual and organization donating and providing other financial assistance to the Netra Bikram Chand Biplav-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) will face the music.
Issuing a statement on Sunday, the Ministry for Home Affairs said those not abiding by the decision will face action as per the existing law.
A cabinet meeting held on March 12 had decided to ban Biplav-led party terming it as a criminal outfit. With the decision, the Home Ministry had directed Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Investigation Department in all 77 districts to keep close tabs on the activities of the Biplav’s outfit.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday claimed the government is heading on a positive path in full swing. Addressing the last meeting of the Winter Session of the Parliament, the prime minister mentioned the government is working with vigor and dynamics.
‘This year remained dynamic for the government and the parliament. We are speeding on a positive path,’ he claimed.
The prime minister added the government has achieved big political achievements while stressing of the need of institutionalizing them.
“The government booked those involved in gold smuggling. A case was filed over 46 persons over the 33 kg gold smuggling case,” the prime minister said while highlighting the achievements of his government.
On a different note, PM Oli said that the government has adopted zero tolerance against corruption and the guilty will be booked immediately.
Terming the third session of the federal parliament successful, the prime minister informed the parliament formulated 126 bills within a year, which according to him, is a historic achievement.
KATHMANDU: The Winter Session of Federal Parliament is concluding on Sunday. The Parliament Secretariat informed the sessions of House of Representative and National Assembly will be prorogued today.
The House session began on December 26. During the period, the lower house passed 13 bills out of tabled 23 bills while the upper house passed three out of seven bills.
Now, the remaining bills will be transferred to the Budget Session, according to the Secretariat.
CHITWAN: Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said the culture of factionalism will affect smooth functioning of the party.
Even though it is natural within a democratic party, it can harm the party functioning. Koirala, however, said the party will go astray if mafia culture dominates the party.
Speaking at a program in Chitwan on Sunday, Koirala said the culture of factionalism is not unusual since it helps make the party strong.
On the occasion, he reiterated that republic and federalism have been the party’s agenda, and that the party was committed to the agendas. He also alleged the government of interfering in all sectors, including education and health.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias ‘Prachanda’ is now in the USA for the treatment of his spouse, Sita. There were suspicions that Prachanda could face stern penalty over human rights violation in the US in connection with the Maoist insurgency (1996-2006) that claimed over 16 thousand lives in Nepal.
The US government that had once labeled Prachanda-led CPN-Maoist party as a ‘terrorist’ outfit, facilitated Prachanda’s US visit this time. The two-time prime minister visited the US without any legal hurdles. It was only in 2012 that the US had delisted Maoists from its list of the global terrorist group.
Bringuel’s remarks cannot be ignored since he has the experience of over 27 years on investigative, research, and training. The retired FBI official is also a recipient of several awards for his investigative work including an Attorney General’s Citation for an organized crime investigation.
However, this does not mean that the US has sanctified Prachanda, according to Andrew Bringuel, II, a former Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the FBI. That means the leader of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the biggest political party now heading the government in Nepal, is still under the scrutiny of the US security system.
Bringuel’s remarks cannot be ignored since he has the experience of over 27 years on investigative, research, and training. The retired FBI official is also a recipient of several awards for his investigative work including an Attorney General’s Citation for an organized crime investigation.
Among his involvement in some high profile cases, Bringuel was the first responder to the Eric Robert Rudolph abortion clinic bombing, a negotiator during the Montana Freemen barricade, and a first responder to the 9/11 Pentagon bombing — the biggest terrorist attack in the US history.
Not only Prachanda, George Washington, Menachem Begin, Yasser Arafat, Bobby Rush, and others were members of the “terrorist groups” as defined by governments and later they held political office, he said.
Speaking exclusively with Khabarhub, this seasoned personality talked about the latest US treatment of Prachanda.
Regarding the US policy of giving Prachanda a clean sheet and facilitating his US visit, Bringuel states that the recent incident is a continuation of a long history of former terrorists who later ascend to high political office after giving up unlawful violence to further political or social objectives.
Not only Prachanda, George Washington, Menachem Begin, Yasser Arafat, Bobby Rush, and others were members of the “terrorist groups” as defined by governments and later they held political office, he said.
According to Bringuel, they were defined as terrorists because they or their groups used violence against people or property to coerce a government or segment of a population in furtherance of political and social objectives.
However, later they or their group developed non-violent political means to achieve political and social objectives which were accepted in their respective countries. Bringuel said they ran and won through popular vote and got elected, and most retained some or all of their prior political and social ideology without the unlawful violence.
Some continued to use violence but now it was sanctioned through the state. As such, the US treatment of Prachanda, as suggested by Bringuel is not that different from the way other former terrorists who achieve political power are treated.
In Bringuel’s words, giving Prachanda a clean sheet by the US may not mean that he is out of the danger zone but that he is still under the preview of the US security mechanism. Or that the US is still studying his move and will continue to do so even as the party headed by Prachanda now leads the majority government in the federal republic of Nepal.
“Politics makes strange bedfellows. Like the meetings with Kim Jung-un, the US believes that you keep your friends close but your enemies closer,” remarks Bringuel.