MAOIST PLENUM ENDS

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: The week-long 6th Maoist plenum concluded at Palungtar Gorkha Saturday with the adoption of a 14-point progamme,
The country’s main communist and opposition party decided to opt for people’s revolt if peace process and constitution drafting are derailed.
The five-day plenum that got underway Sunday was extended for two days.
The party discussed three proposals of Chairman Prachanda and Vice-chairmen Dr Baburam Bhattarai and Mohan Baidya for adoption as future party strategy but finally adopted an integrated policy prepared by the party chief.
The party couldn’t adopt a six-month work scheduled as originally planned and empowered the central committee meeting in Kathmandu to adopt it.
“We will intensify our efforts from our side to end the current political deadlock” Prachanda told a news conference after the plenum conclusion.
Vice-president Dr Baubram Bhattarai said differences in the party and other issues will be referred to the party general convention if the central committee can’t give an outlet.
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NC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETS SUNDAY

Kathmandu, 28 Nov. The NC central working committee (CWC) meets later Sunday at two in the afternoon.
Party policy, programme and current issues will be discussed, General Secretary Prakash Man Singh said.
Newly elected President Sushil Koirala hasn’t nominated office breakers and 20 members of the CWC even two months after the general convention as required by party statute.
Two months was completed Saturday.
Office bearers nominated by the president have to be okayed by the CWC.
The delay in the appointments indicate difficulty Koirala is facing in nominations by satisfying factions in the party.
Aspirants like Arjun Narsingh KC and Sujata Koirala have been publicly claiming they were assured of top jobs in the party for the support for Sushil who defeated Sher Bahadur Deuba convincingly for the party presidency in the Kathmandu convention.
Defeated three-time prime minister Deuba, whose supporters were elected CWC members, has been demanding top party positions for his supporters even as the new president seeks strengthen his grip on the party by nominating loyalists.
Sushil’s predecessor, Girija Prasad Koirala, ran the party dictatorially without consulting colleagues; Sushil doesn’t have that giant stature of his predecessor to impose his personal decisions.
The new party president, following criticism of his decision to push a one person, one position in the party, later said the issue will be decided by the party.
Amid reports Koirala is appointing Ram Chandra Paudel vice-chairman and Krishna Prasad Shitaula general secretary Sunday, the Deuba camp opposed the move.
“No written proposal has come and consultations haven’t been held either. . There will be protests if the proposal is brought.
“Appointments have to be made through consultation and in a package.
Unilateral appointments won’t be good. The need is to move ahead unitedly. Sher Bahadur Deuba has already said no the proposal,” Gopal Man Shrestha of Deuba camp said.
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NEPAL, TIBET TALKS

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: Talks are being held at a resort in
Sindhupalchowk Sunday between Tibet and Nepali officials
to discuss what the Nepali side said are mistreatments of Nepali
traders across the border in Tibet.
The Nepali team is being led Krishana Upadhaya, CDO of Sindhupalchowk.
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PM NEPAL SAYS GOVT. READY TO CONVENE PARLIAMENT

Kathmandu, 28 Nov. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar a session of parliament will be convened after holding discussions with parties in parliament. constituent assembly.
“We will hold discussions with all parties and fix the date of the parliament session,” Nepal told a public meeting at Basantapur Saturday.
Nepal said parliament is being convened to ‘remove’ disputes in the legislature.
Nepal said this as NC, UML and Speaker Subash Nemwang held discussions with President Dr Ram Baran Yadav last week to convene a parliamentary session.
They pressed for convening parliament to approve a budget brought through presidential ordinance and election in parliament for Nepal’s successor.
PM Nepal has been a caretaker since he resigned 30 June on Maoist pressure.
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MAOISTS OBSTRUCT PADDY CROP HARVEST, DISTRIBUTIONS

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: Maoists have obstructed the harvest of paddy and its distribution between farm owners and tenants in Rajapur, Bardiya, Radio Nepal reports.
Farm owners were mainly NC activists, state radio said.
Maoists said the crop should be divided only with their consent.
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DHANUSHA RAPE, MURDER

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: Dhanusha is tense after a gang rape and murder of Kampal Debi Mahoto, 35, Friday at Digampur VDC-4 in the district by miscreants.
Her body was recovered Saturday from a field.
The body has been kept at Janakpur Zonal Hospital for post-mortem.
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38 HOUR LOAD-SHEDDING FROM SUNDAY

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: A 38.5 hour weekly load-shedding has
been slapped by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) from Sunday.
Load-shedding was increased as winter peaks after both turbines on the 70MW Mid-Marshyangdhi were closed down for repairs.
Authorities have alerted people power outage will reach 16 hours every day as winter sets in and power shortage aggravates.
Load-shedding was increased Sunday from weekly 28 to 38.5 hours.
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MJFN STANDING COMMITTEE MEETS SUNDAY

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: A two-day meeting of the extended standing committee of MJFN will be held Sunday in Birgunj where party headquarters in located.
The meeting will discuss party strategy and party policy to
tackle current issues.
About 250 leaders and leaders are attending.
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SPORTS

RAJENDRA BHANDARY DOESN’T COMPLETE
MARATHON

Kathmandu, 28 Nov.: Rajendra Bhandary couldn’t complete the
marathon in the 16th ASIAD in China Saturday.
Hopes for Nepal’s second medal in the ASIAD were shattered.
He dropped out of the race in one hour and 15 minutes.
Nepal collected only one bronze in the 81 kg weight category in
one of the worst performances in the Asian sports jamboree.
Deepak Maharjan collected the medal.
The competing was dominated by China, South Korea, and Iran m
confirming they are Asia’s sporting giants.
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PASHUPATI TRUST ONEY MISUSED IN GIRIJA FUNERAL

Seven months after the demise of former Prime Minister and then Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala it has been revealed that Rs. 2.5 million spent by Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) for prasad distribution (dinner) is unpaid till date, Bhadra Sharma reports in The Kathmandu Post..

Late Koirala’s daughter and Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala had hosted a dinner party at Bankali on Pashupatinath premises on the 13th day death ritual of the late leader and the Trust had borne the total expenditure of the dinner following assurances that the money would soon be repaid.

PADT Member Secretary Sushil Nahata, who provided the money without formal decision in the board, is under pressure after the concerned—the government, NC and late leader’s daughter Sujata—remained silent over paying back the money. “Since the party was organised in family status, the government expressed its unwillingness to pay the “amount” provided by the Trust,” PADT Treasurer Narottam Baidhya told the Post.

“Not only the government but also the party and family members seem least bothered about paying the money.” Board members piled pressure on Nahata for “providing a large amount of money unilaterally” and not retrieving the same for months. Besides the arrangement of dinner, PADT had spent Rs. 270,000 following the government’s decision to cremate the former prime minister with full state honour. Both the member secretary and the treasurer were appointed to the Trust under the NC quota.

“I believe that the family or the party had to bear the expenses. They have to repay the money,” said Baidhya. He said then government had cremated Ganesh Man Singh with full state honour but all the expenses except funeral cost was borne by the family.
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Seven months after the demise of former Prime Minister and then Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala it has been revealed that Rs. 2.5 million spent by Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) for prasad distribution (dinner) is unpaid till date.

Late Koirala’s daughter and Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala had hosted a dinner party at Bankali on Pashupatinath premises on the 13th day death ritual of the late leader and the Trust had borne the total expenditure of the dinner following assurances that the money would soon be repaid.

PADT Member Secretary Sushil Nahata, who provided the money without formal decision in the board, is under pressure after the concerned—the government, NC and late leader’s daughter Sujata—remained silent over paying back the money. “Since the party was organised in family status, the government expressed its unwillingness to pay the “amount” provided by the Trust,” PADT Treasurer Narottam Baidhya told the Post.

“Not only the government but also the party and family members seem least bothered about paying the money.” Board members piled pressure on Nahata for “providing a large amount of money unilaterally” and not retrieving the same for months. Besides the arrangement of dinner, PADT had spent Rs. 270,000 following the government’s decision to cremate the former prime minister with full state honour. Both the member secretary and the treasurer were appointed to the Trust under the NC quota.

“I believe that the family or the party had to bear the expenses. They have to repay the money,” said Baidhya. He said then government had cremated Ganesh Man Singh with full state honour but all the expenses except funeral cost was borne by the family.
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