Nepalgunj, Jan 22: Former speaker and Nepali Congress central member Ram Chandra Poudel has said that Nepali Congress workers should organise on the basis of thought if democracy is to be strengthened.

Speaking at a get-together for party workers organised by the Nepali Congress Banke district working committee here today, Mr Poudel said it is a positive thing for a democratic party if party workers raise their voices when the leadership does not perform, and the nepali congress will take the path shown by workers who express their concerns.

The development of the poor and helpless in the country is possible through the socialist policy of the Nepali Congress, he said adding that party workers should also play an active role in this.

Pointing out that he subscribes to the view that party leadership should be formed or changed on the basis of policy, the former speaker said party works should not embrace groupism but thrash out policy matters with the leadership.

Nepali Congress Banke chairman Krishna Man Shrestha chaired the get-together during which questions and suggestions relating to the problems seen within the party and the functioning of the government were presented before the  party central member.

Also present on the occasion were party central organisation department chief Baldev Sharma Majgaiya, Minister for Law and Justice and parliamentary Affairs Tarinidatta Chataut, party spokesman Narahari Acharya and former speaker Daman Nath Dhungana.

Meanwhile, Participants at a two-day mid-western regional seminar on “Consolidation of parliamentary system” stressed the need for coordination among the government, mps and local representatives in development activities to consolidate parliamentary system.

At the seminar that concluded today, ex-deputy speaker Damannath Dhungana, nc spokesman Narahari Acharya and ex-speaker Ramchandra Poudel presented working papers on the role of mps and local bodies in law making, inter-relation among government, mps and local representatives, and the concept of local self-governance in a democratic system respectively.

At the seminar that was attended by local representatives and mps representing the mid-western region, Minister for Law and Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Tarini Datta Chataut said the suggestions of the seminar will be of much help for the government to work on the consolidation of parliamentary system. Mayor of Binendranagar Municipality Balaram Sharma presided.