Kathmandu, Mar. 16: Secretary of the Nepali Congress   Parliamentary Party  Benup Raj Prasai has said that his attention has been drawn by the remark made by the Prime Minister against him in a statement issued by the private secretariat of Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Wednesday that the date of March 17 had been fixed for the nc Parliamentary Party meeting without consulting the Prime Minister to discuss the motion presented against the Prime Minister.

The press release signed by Mr. Prasain says – I was unable to directly contact the  Right Honourable  Prime Minister, the leader of the Paliamentary Party as all the documents had been received on his behalf by the Prime Minister’s chief advisor Dr. Narayan Khadka when I  went to the  Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar at 7:00 p. m. on March 14 for informal consultations  after the no confidence motion was  registered against the Prime Minister the same day.

There is a provision under  Article 19 of the nc Constitution to inform the  party general secretary and not even the party president in situations when the party president is the leader of the parliamentary party in the process of  taking action and decision after  no confidence motion was registered on March 14 by the 69 members of the nc parliamentary Party stating that they had no confidence on the right honourable Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, the press release states.

The release says that in the present situation the date was fixed out of rationale that a ruling party should not be held prisoner of indecision in view of the nation’s condition and by realising the impartial role of the secretary in fulfilling the parliamentary party constitution approved by the honourable leaders Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Girija Prasad Koirala  and their inspiration of the democratic norms and values   as well as rule of law.