INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, APRIL 19Senior leader of Nepali Congress Ramchandra Paudel has said that the five-party alliance was formed
to safeguard democracy and institutionalise changes.
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Speaking at a programme organised on the 53rd establishment
day of Nepal Students Union, the student wing of the NC, here today, Paudel opined, "The alliance was formed not for power, but for
promoting a system, instead
The alliance was not forged to make Sher Bahadur Deuba the prime minister, it was to protect democracy and the changes in the country."
He said that the NSU was born when the then king Mahendra had imposed tyrannical rule by dissolving the Parliament and it played
a significant role in taking the nation towards the democratic path, insisting on giving full shape to the NSU central working committee
soon.Paudel, who is also the founding member of the NSU, called for taking the organisation to the village and school level to increase the
number of members and further consolidate the NSU.NC Vice-president Dhanraj Gurung lauded the role of NSU in Nepali politics and stressed
the need to take the organisation ahead as the guardian institute of students.NC General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma claimed that the
incumbent coalition government was formed for the protection of constitution and its alliance for the local poll was the need of
time.Stating that the NC would be strong only when the NSU was strengthened, NC Joint General Secretary Badri Pandey stressed the need to
consolidate the organisation.NC Spokesperson and central member Prakash Sharan Mahat said the NSU, which carried the party's history should
follow democratic procedure, culture, and system.Similarly, NC central member and Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand pointed out the need of
NSU's 'big role' in the country's democratic movements
"NC becomes stronger when the NSU gets consolidated
Republican, democratic norms and values and press freedom get strong when the NC is strengthened."Similarly, NSU President Dujang Sherpa,
chairperson of the ANNISU Pancha Singh and chairperson of the All Nepal National Free Students Union (Unified Socialist), Sudesh Parajuli
stressed the need for all student organisations to come together to cut through challenges in student movements while safeguarding democracy
and constitution.Chairperson of the student council for the College of Biomedical Engineering and Applied Sciences Dipraj Budhathoki
defected to the NC.NC Vice-president Gurung and General Secretary Sharma welcomed him.A version of this article appears in the print on
April 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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