INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, September 23
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today said that his party would not tolerate government
‘anti-democratic activities.&
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba launching a book written by former chief of Nepal Students
Union Nain Singh Mahar, in Kathmandu, Monday
Photo: RSS
He said this here after launching a book titled Nekapa Sarkarka Kandai Kanda written by former chief of Nepal Students Union Nain
Singh Mahar.
The NC president said that recent actions of the government, including some bills introduced in the Parliament, were against
the basic principles of democracy
&Our party has always fought for democracy
We have fought against the Ranas and the kings and we will fight again if democracy is threatened,& he said, adding that the KP Sharma
Oli-led government was trying to undermine press freedom and freedom of expression
&This government also wants to control the National Human Rights Commission,& Deuba said.
The NC has said the NHRC Act (Amendment) Bill will
curtail powers of the rights body
Deuba said the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)-led government awarded the Melamchi Drinking Water Project and Budhi Gandaki Hydel Project
without allowing bidders to compete
&No bidding means there is corruption,& he said.
He also warned the government that his party would intensify protest against the government
both in the Parliament and the street if the government did not stop curtailing people freedom
NC General Secretary Shashank Koirala lauded Mahar efforts of ‘exposing the wrong deeds of the NCP through the book.
Mahar has listed all
the scandals and incidents that took place under Oli government, including gold smuggling case, syndicate case, Nirmala Panta rape and
murder case and wide-body corruption scandal.
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