Govt. being expanded; other details

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 14 Aug: The 33-member government of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is being expanded for the seventh time on three months Friday.
Shabadeb Ojha from the MJFN (Loktantrik) is likely to join the ministry along with a woman minister of state for child welfare.
Madhav Kumar Nepal is expanding his government before his India visit beginning Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala returns from New Delhi Friday after laying the groundwork for Nepal’s visit.
She held discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and main opposition BJP leader Lal Krishna Adavni in the Indian capital Thursday.
“I want to see a stable Nepal succeeding in all areas. I also want to see the country’s new constitution being framed in time,” Singh reportedly told Koirala, according to her.
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CPN-UML standing committee meets

Kathmandu, 14 Aug: CPN-UML standing committee is meeting Friday to discuss a common candidate for chairman of main constitution drafting committee vacated by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Nepali Congress has proposed Nilambar Acharya while Maoists have forwarded the candidature of Dr Baburam Bhattarai.
Smaller parties of the ruling 22-party coalition are pushing a candidate from fringe parties.
The standing committee is also discussing Nepal’s India visit.
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Nepal-Tibet border talks

Kathmandu, 14 Aug: AIG of Armed Police Force Kishore Lama flies for Lhasa Friday for two days of Nepal-Tibet border talks beginning Saturday.
The 21-member team consists of representatives from police, National Investigation Department, home and foreign ministries and CDOs of bordering districts.
China has proposed a high-level border security and management mechanism.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“We got rid of a crowned king after the 10year people’s war and the 19-day popular movement, but a king without a crown has been born.”

(Dr Baburam Bhattarai, Annapurna Post, 14 Aug.)

“We don’t know a constitution; nobody has come to tell us.”

(Humla district Limi VDC chairman Tashi Lakpa Lama, Kantipur, 14 Aug.)
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