MAOIST LEADER ASKS OWN PARTY-LED GOVT, TO WITHDRAW AMNESTY FOR MMAOIST LAWMAKER UPDATE

WITHDRAW AMNESTY ORDER MAOIST SECRETARY GAJREL TELLS GOVT.

Kathmandu, 13 Nov.: UCPN (Maoist) Secretary CP Gajurel has said that the government should immediately withdraw its decision to give amnesty to CA member Bal Krishna Dhungel, RSS reeports.

Speaking at a face-to-face organized by Reporters’ Club Nepal here on Sunday, Secretary Gajurel said all cases that took place during the conflict should be resolved together and it would not be just to give only CA member Dhungel amnesty.


Likewise, CPN-UML Secretary Yubaraj Gyawali said the Government has made a mockery of rule of law by deciding to give amnesty to a person convicted by murder by the Supreme Court.

He also said that the people would be compelled to take to the streets if the decision was not withdrawn.

Nepali Congress leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat said the Government has violated the seven-point agreement and also made a mockery of the judiciary.

He also stressed that the Government should withdraw the decision immediately in order to avoid the demand of resignation of the Prime Minister who has been trying to establish bad governance in the country by putting an end to law and norms and values of the nation.
(Note: Gajurel has just returned home
from China where he held
discussions with Chinese leaders.)
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DPM GACHEDDHAR ACCUSES ARMED, ETHNIC GROUPS FOR OBSTRUCTION

Kathmandu, 13 Nov.: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar has said the armed and ethnic groups in the southern plains and the eastern hilly region have created obstruction in
maintaining peace, and law and order, RSS reports.

However, he claimed that the recent seven-point agreement among the parties has rendered positive effects on the peace and security in
the country.

At a meeting of the Legislature-Parliament´s State Affairs Committee on Sunday, DPM Gachchhadar said continuous efforts of local administration, and security persons as per the government policy have improved security.

"However, we have numerous problems and challenges as use of small arms in criminal activities," he admitted.

After the government launched special security plan across the country, the number of armed criminal gangs said to be 119 earlier has declined sharply thereby reaching 16 in southern plain and 11 in the eastern hilly districts.

He added that other reasons of fomenting crimes in the country were- untoward activities of the sister organizations of the political parties, growing psychology of violence in society, taking law on hand even in minor incidents, trend of protecting criminals rather than curbing impunity, illegal production and sales of liquor, unsocial and illicit activities in parlour, restaurant and others.

According to DPM Gachchhadar, as many as 46,000 people are estimated to be the users of very serious drugs, which has badly affected Kathmandu, Jhapa, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan, Butwal, and Nepalgunj.

Earlier, the constituent assembly members had inquired the DPM about the malpractices in the promotion of the high-level officials of Nepal Police and Armed Police, and meagre relief to the disaster-hit people.

Similarly, the CA members also showed concerns over the growing impunity, weak security, and the general public living in panic.

The meeting presided over by the committee chairman Ram Nath Dhakal had the lawmakers- Chitra Bahadur KC, Bishnu Poudel, Mohamad Rijwan Ansari, Pampha Bhushal, Jagdish Narsing KC, Sudarshan Baral, Bimala KC, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, Sapana Malla and others.
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TARVEL AGENCTS DEMAND ARREST OF TRANSPORT ENTREPRENEURS HARASSSING TOURISTS

Kathmandu, 13 Nov.: The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) has demanded that the government take action by immediately arresting the transport entrepreneurs misbehaving with the tourists in Jomsom, RSS reports.

It said its attention had been drawn towards the news of misbehavior from the Mustang Transport Entrepreneurs Association with German and Japanese tourists going on a trek of the Jomsom area last week.

Although there is no arrangement for a syndicate by the entrepreneurs, they compelled them to ride their vehicles by misbehaving with the tourists by puncturing the tires and forcing the tourists to disembark half way as they were in tourist or private vehicles.

This has made a mockery of Nepal’s tourism industry in disrespect of the tourists who come to Nepal and has tarnished Nepal’s tourism image, said NATTA.
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GOLD PRICE GOES UP FURTHER

Kathmandu, 13 Nov.: The Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association (NEGOSIDA) determines the price of hallmark gold at Rs. 55,100 per tola in the local
market today [Sunday], RSS reports.
The hallmark gold was traded at Rs. 53,503 per tola last Sunday.

Similarly, the worked gold was traded at Rs. 54,890 per tola. It was traded at Rs. 53,293 per tola last Sunday. The price of fine silver was determined at Rs. 1,115 per tola, informed NEGOSIDA.

The gold price in the international market increased with the fall in the US dollar value due to the economic depression seen in Europe, said NEGOSIDA chairman Tej Ratna
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FEDERALISM A MUST: PM

Kathmandu, 13 Nov.: Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai said on Sunday that the national consensus for the federalism was already forged on the basis of identity and capability, RSS reports from Lalitpur..
Speaking at an interaction organised on the implementation of federalism by the Ministry of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Legislative-Parliament, and Culture in Lalitpur, today, he said the federalism is a compulsion for the country like Nepal.
He said it has been too late to talk about the formation of a state restructuring commission, adding the suppressed ethnic communities, regional and language groups would not feel the sense of democracy without federalism in which the people would enjoy their rights and rule by themselves, which is a real democracy.

Minister for Culture Gopal Kiranti, on the occasion said that it was too late to have debates for the nature of federalism and urged all to go for its implementation.

During the programme, political analysts Prof. Dr. Krishna Hachhethu and Dr. Mangalsiddhi Manandar presented papers on 'State restructuring of Federal Nepal and its implementation'.
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