INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MARCH 3Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa said that the NC would remain committed to the
eight-party alliance led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
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Addressing an orientation for lawmakers of the eight-party
alliance today, Thapa said in a veiled reference to the CPN-UML that the NC would not be enticed by anybody.
He said
rumours were being spread that the NC would form a new government after presidential election scheduled for March 9."This time I was also
involved in the formation of the new alliance
NC will remain committed to the terms of the alliance for five years
Nobody should try to entice or tease the NC," Thapa said adding that fulfilling commitments was also a matter of credibility of the NC and
other parties.Thapa joined NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba in lauding the role of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified
Socialist) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal for making the eight-party alliance possible
It was because of Dahal's firm decision to revive the old alliance that the eight-party alliance was formed
"Had Dahal cared for the post of prime minister, he would not have formed this alliance
The CPN-MC would have the post of vice president and the UML could have done anything to let Dahal run the government for a full five-year
term," Thapa said, "Had Dahal not been courageous and revived the old alliance, the new alliance would not have been formed.Yesterday NC
President and former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had also praised Dahal and Nepal for their role in formation of the eight-party
alliance.The NC General Secretary said although the PM faced the charge of changing his political stance very quickly, Dahal's decision to
revive the alliance with the NC was a mature
All partners of the eight-party alliance should tell this to everybody from the top to the lower levels of the party structure.Thapa also
said the CPN (US) Chair Nepal would have got the chance to become the president or he could have also been offered the UML chair, but it was
because of his decision that the formation of the eight-party alliance was possible.He agreed that NC had made a mistake, but said that at
the time the new alliance was formed, NC never thought of forming alliance with big parties and undermining the importance of fringe
parties.Thapa said the UML was trying to mislead people by saying that some partners of the eight-party alliance, particularly the CPN (US)
and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party-Nepal were positive about the UML candidate for President
"Such false propaganda was not heard even during student union elections," he added.A version of this article appears in the print on March
4, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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