STUDENTS REJECT REDUCED FUEL PRICES

STUDENTS REJECT REDUCED PRICES FOR PRODUCTS AMID PROTESTS
Kathmandu, 26 Jan.: Students Thursday rejected in talks with government an official
reduction of raised fuel prices demanding original prices should be restored.
Anti-government protests, they said, will continue.
Government succumbed to week-long pressure and reduced hiked prices to placate students.
Petrol price was reduced by Rs. 3 per liter, diesel and kerosene by Rs. 4 per liter
and cooking gas by Rs. 85 per cylinder.
Protesting students said the hike was unbearable.
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OPPOSITION AGAIN OBSTRUCTS PARLIAMENT SESSION UPDATE
Kathmandu, Jan 26: Two largest opposition parties NC and UML obstructed legislature-Parliament session for the fourth consecutive session Thursday
Speaker Subash Nemwang adjourned the session until Friday.
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NSP Mahato Splits Again
Kathmandu, Jan 26: Sadbhawana Party led by Minister for Health Rajendra Mahato has split yet again with lawmakers Ram Naresh Raya and Gauri Mahato Koiri forming National Sadbhawana Party, greatway.onlne.com reports.
“The two lawmakers have registered an application to form a new party and have already been verified by Speaker Subash Nembang,” said Sudarshan Kuikel, assistant spokesperson at the Parliament Secretariat.
This is the second time after the election of the Constitution Assembly (CA) that the party has split. Earlier, Anil Kumar Jha and three other CA members broke away and formed Sanghiya Sadbhawana Party.
Now, the Mahato-led party has only three lawmakers, Mahato himself, Laxman Lal Karn and Saroj Kumar Yadav.
With the split of the party, the number of political parties represented in Parliament has reached 33 whereas the number was 25 after the CA election.
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NC LEADER AGAIN CHARGES MAOSTS
Kathmandu, 26 Jan 26:: Nepali Congress (NC) Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel said that the (UCPN) Maoist party has backed from the Comprehensive Peace Accord and the seven-point agreement signed among the major political parties regarding the power-sharing, RSS reports.
Leader Poudel reasoned that the Maoist leaders’ reluctance to withdraw the land dealing transactions made by the people’s government has shown that the former rebel party is unwilling to complete the peace process.
Talking to media persons after the Legislature-Parliament meeting today, leader Poudel alleged the Maoist party of being back from the past agreements.
Poudel also ruled out the possibility of dialogue and consensus with the Maoist party saying that the latter was being back from its previous commitments.
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MINISTER FINALLY RESIGNS
Kathmandu, 26 Jan.:- Raj Lal Yadav, Minister without portfolio from MJF (G) of Communication Minster finally resigned Thursday.
He had been demanding leadership of a ministry by splitting the ministry of
agriculture and cooperatives.
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ANOTHER NC LEADER HITS OUT AT MAOISTS
Kathmandu, 26 Jan.: Nepali Congress (NC) leader and former Finance Minister Dr Ramsharan Mahat has accused the government of becoming a 'model' government in terms of promoting corruption and misconduct in the country, RSS reports from Butwal.

Speaking at a press meet organised by the Nepal Press Union, Rupandehi in Butwal on Wednesday, former Minister Mahat accused the UCPN-Maoist, the ruling party, of causing obstructions in the peace and constitution drafting processes.

"The Maoist-led government should be toppled since it has betrayed the nation and the people", he said, claiming that the nation would not get a new constitution until and unless the Maoists become honest to the constitution drafting process.

The incumbent government formed with the vested interests of the Maoists and the Madhesi Front has made some 'unconstitutional' and 'objectionable' decisions and they should be scrapped at any cost, said the NC leader.
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