KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Kumar Bartaula has accused the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) of plotting to overthrow the current government by targeting Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.
Speaking to journalists at the Federal Parliament building on Sunday, Bartaula alleged that the NC had resorted to attacking Home Minister Lamichhane as part of its plan to topple the present government.
He stated that NC had expressed its intention to bring down the government within 28 days and emphasized the need for action against those found guilty in cooperative and gold smuggling cases.
Bartaula also stressed on the implementation of the recommendations made by the High-Level Probe Commission in the gold smuggling case, adding that those found guilty must face consequences.
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