NC, UML CENTRAL COMMITTEES MEET

NC, UML CENTRAL COMMITTEES MEET



Kathmandu, 23 Nov. Main opposition NC central
committee meets Wednesday amid an internal
dispute.
Faction led by senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba faction is
boycotting the meeting charging party President Sushil Koirala for
dictatorial tendencies to dismiss elected committees of four sister
organizations loyal to Deuba after completing their
tenures.

Deuba says the president doesn’t have authority to dismiss elected bodies.
The central committee is meeting for the first time after the
breakout of the dispute.
UML central committee also meets Wednesday.
The second largest opposition party after NC
will discuss constituent assembly
(CA)/parliament tenure that ends 30 November, future
of the government of Baburam Bhattarai government and
other issues.
The party says the government has lost its utility in nearly
three months.
The committee is also discussing a four-point
special political proposal of Chairman Jhalanath
Kanal.
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JAYA KUMAR SHAH REJECTS CAN ADVISOR
APPOINTMENT

Kathmandu, 23 Nov. Jaya Kumar Shah has rejected his
appointment as advisor if Cricket Association of
Nepal (CAN) by the supreme cricket body. Shah is a former president and its founding member.
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DEADLINE FOR RETURN OF SEIZED ASSETS MISSED

Kathmandu, Nov. 23: The deadline for the return of properties seized by the Maoists to their rightful owners is expiring on Wednesday, but not a single piece of seized land has been returned as yet, Republica
reports.

Taking strong exception to the Maoist failure to return the seized properties, the leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) have stated that they would raise the issue seriously during their upcoming meetings with the Maoist brass.


“It is the duty of the government and the Maoists to implement the agreement. We will seek answers from the prime minister as well as the Maoists before holding talks on other issues,” NC General Secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula told Republica.

The peace deal signed between the Maoists and the non-Maoist parties states that the properties seized by the Maoists will be returned to the rightful owners by November 23.

The NC has also accused Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai of not taking serious initiatives to implement the peace deal.

“It is the responsibility of the government to implement the agreement through local administration. But the prime minister miserably failed to implement the agreement. Now he doesn´t have the moral ground to stay in power,” Sitaula said.

Accompanied by Sitaula and UML leader Bamdev Gautam, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had visited Bardiya district to begin the implementation of the agreement.

But Dahal returned Kathmandu without giving clear directives to the party cadres in this regard. He had also publicly stated that the landless people staying in others´ land should not be evicted forcibly.

“So far, we have not received any information about the return of seized properties,” he said.

Ever since the peace process began in 2006, the issue of returning the seized properties to their rightful owners has been one of the major demands of the NC and the UML. And, the Maoists have signed an agreement with the NC and UML promising to return the properties, but have failed to do so.

Maoist radical faction led by Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya has openly stated that they would retaliate if the government uses force to return the seized properties.
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