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Maoist Center fulfills commitments related to citizenship: Prachanda
CPN Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that he fulfilled his commitment made to the Madhesi people by passing the Citizenship Bill.
Speaking at a program held in Sarlahi’s Bagmati Municipality on Saturday, he said when he visited Madhesh last time he vowed to resolve the citizenship problem through the upcoming session of parliament, and now it has been resolved.
“I assured that the citizenship problem of Terai Madhes would be resolved in the upcoming session of Parliament at all costs,” he said, adding, “… yesterday the citizenship problem has been solved.”
UML becomes strongest force due to Pushpa Lal’s inspiration: Chair Oli
CPN UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has said the UML has now reached to this position inspired by the contribution made by founding general-secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, Pushpa Lal.
At a program organized here on Saturday on the occasion of 44th Pushpa Lal Memorial Day, Chair Oli opined that the UML has reached this position due to the right path shown by Pushpa Lal.
He also claimed that the UML has been able to stand itself as the strongest organized force due to Pushpa Lal’s contribution.
Unified Socialist will easily secure 20 to 25 seats in upcoming federal, state polls: Chair Nepal
CPN Unified Socialist Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has claimed that his party would easily win 20 to 25 seats in the upcoming House of Representatives elections under the proportional representation system.
Stating that the Unified Socialist received 900,000 votes even though it filed nominations only in 28 percent of the municipalities in the local level elections, Chairman Nepal said they would bring about 2 to 2.5 million votes if candidates were fielded all over the country.
Speaking at a program held by the party-affiliated Tamang Association, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, he said, “We had fieled about 28 percent candidates. But we received 927,000 votes. If we had fielded candidates in all places, probably we would have got 2 to 2.5 million votes. With that much of votes, no one can deny us 20 to 25 seats under proportional representation system. This shows that our party is not weak.”
Maoist leader Shrestha expresses discontent over passage of Citizenship bill
CPN Maoist Center leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha has expressed his disagreement over the passage of the Citizenship Bill.
A day after the House of Representatives endorsed the Citizenship Bill, leader Shrestha made public his dissatisfaction through social media.
“The Citizenship Bill has been passed 7 years after the promulgation of the Constitution. As this law is passed, the children of Nepali fathers and mothers will get the citizenship certificate in line with the constitution, which is going to relieve them from the pain of being without citizenship. This should have happened long ago. However, what has happened now is also positive. But the process that was adopted while passing this bill and what was arranged in the case of naturalized citizenship is wrong from both angles,” he wrote.
Shrestha’s dissatisfaction is towards the incumbent government drafting a new bill despite the old bill, presented by the previous government, being passed by the majority of the State Affairs Committee of National Assembly.
RPP proposes fully proportional parliament and directly elected prime minister
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has put forward the concept of a fully proportional parliament and an executive prime minister directly elected by the people.
Stating that the current electoral system was expensive, the meeting of the party’s Central Working Committee held in Kathmandu from July 21-23 said the current government structure and election system should be improved.
RPP Spokesperson Mohan Shrestha said the party put forward a proposal that favored a directly elected executive prime minister, fully proportional parliament, abolishment of the provinces and establishment of monarchy as a parent institution.
Citizenship Bill is not in citizen’s interest: UML leader Gyawali
CPN (UML) deputy general secretary Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that the Citizenship Bill is not in the interest of the citizen.
Speaking in a press meet organised by Press Chautari Nepal, Rupandehi in Butwal today, he said although there is no confusion that the bona fide Nepali citizen should get the citizenship without any pretext, the new Citizenship Bill brought by the government is wrong.
“The government has brought the bill by sidelining the agreement forged in the State Affairs Committee. It is not in the country’s interest,” leader Gyawali said.
Nepali workers to be hired for Qatar World Cup
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has given permission to take Nepali workers for the World Cup football tournament starting in November later this year in Qatar.
Various companies in Qatar wanted to hire Nepali workers for a short duration in view of the World Cup 2022.
Accordingly, the government has decided to send Nepali workers after completing all the due procedures.
Joint Secretary at the Ministry and Head of the Employment Management Division Rajiv Pokharel shared that since the workers will be sent for a short period it has been decided to send them only after granting them a work permit.
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