INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Election for HoR Speaker on January 19
Madhes Provincial Assembly to elect speaker on January 16
The Congress Parliamentary Party
conference chose to make Jangilal the candidate for speaker of Madhes Province
He had registered his candidateship for speaker yesterday with the proposition of Congress MP Kumarkant Jha and the support of Jivachi Devi
Voting for the speaker in Madhes Province will be held tomorrow.
Jangilal, who had won the election as a Provincial Assembly member from
Sarlahi Constituency No 2 (A), was expelled from the celebration by the Nepali Congress on 18 November and was not even a common member.When
the five-party alliance stopped working to reach agreement, Jangilal from the Nepali Congress and Sunil Kumar Shah from the Maoist Centre
were prospects for Sarlahi Constituency No 2 (A) Province Assembly
Later on, when the alliance went through division, the Maoist prospect was picked
Jangilal did not back down
The Nepali Congress asked Jangilal for a description
However after there was no answer or retreat, two days prior to the election, the celebration took disciplinary action and eliminated him
from the party.Anand Prasad Dhungana, the coordinator of the Central Disciplinary Committee of the Congress, had composed the following in
the statement relating to Jangilals expulsion, In the forthcoming elections to your home of Representatives and Province Assembly Member
2022, as you have been requested for an explanation concerning your failure to act in accordance with the arrangement between the Nepali
Congress and the alliance in the Province Assembly and as you have actually not submitted an explanation with your viewpoint within the
offered time, you are notified of the action taken by the NB by-laws, 2017 (with amendments) to end your party membership
However, he stayed a rebel prospect and handled to win the election
The party has actually not even released notification of action against him
But yesterday, the Nepali Congress made him the candidate for speaker
The conference of the parliamentary party decided to make him the candidate.A congress guy stated the notification of action versus Jangilal
was still in the process of being launched
Before the elections, action was taken against Jangilal according to the alliance, however there is no alliance anymore
Jangilals competition for the speakers post will be with Ramchandra Mandal of the CPN-UML, a member of the ruling coalition
Ramchandra is the speaker candidate from the alliance
Jangilal has the assistance of the NC and the CPN (Unified Socialists)
In the 107-member Madhes PA, there are 23 UML members, 22 NC members, 16 Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal members, 13 Janamat Party members,
nine members each from Loktantrik Samajwadi Party-Nepal and CPN-Maoist Centre, seven CPN (Unified Socialist) members, and one member each
from Nagarik Unmukti Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Nepal Federal Socialist Party and five independent members.A version of this
article appears in the print on January 16, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
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