Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (File Photo)
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that the government will form a taskforce to resolve the problems faced by industrial sector of the country.

Talking to a delegation of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), which reached Prime Minister’s official residence to submit a memorandum, the Prime Minister said that the government would form a taskforce once Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat returns home from abroad.

He urged the entrepreneurs not to organise strikes, as they would benefit forces that are not favour of peace and stability in the country.

Regarding the security for the industries, the Prime Minister assured that he would discuss the issue with the home minister and provide appropriate security to the industries.

Chairman of FNCCI, Chandi Raj Dhakal

Chairman of FNCCI, Chandi Raj Dhakal (File Photo)
Talking to Nepalnews after submitting memorandum to Prime Minister, Chairman of FNCCI, Chandi Raj Dhakal, who is also the coordinator of the national struggle committee said that the Prime Minister assured entrepreneurs that he would take the issues of extortion and the demands of trade union with the Maoists.

The national assembly held in Birgunj constituted a national struggle committee headed by Dhakal.

“As the Prime Minister assured us of fulfilling our demands, the meeting of the national struggle committee will take decision about the next round of protest. The first round of protest programme concluded on Friday,” Dhakal added.

In their national assembly in Birgunj on Monday, the entrepreneurs announced protest programmes alleging that the government and the Maoists had been attacking the industrial sectors on different excuses.

The entrepreneurs said the industrial sector was facing pressure in the name of trade union movement, reform drive of the government, lack of security and extortion by the Maoists.

They also opposed the government’s action against willful defaulters without making difference between willful defaulters and defaulters by circumstance.

The agitating entrepreneurs organized sit-in at all the customs points across the country bringing all the import and export of goods to a complete halt.

In the capital, Kathmandu, the agitating entrepreneurs organised sit-in at the cargo complex of the Tribhuvan International Airport.