TWO KILLED IN DANG JEEP ACCIDENT

TWO KILLED IN DANG JEEP ACCIDENT

Kathmandu, 29 Feb.: Two persons died in a jeep accident at Dang Wednesday morning.
One person died instantly and another while undergoing treatment at hospital.
The jeep fell off the road while plying inside points in the far-West district.
Five others were injured.
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SPEAKER DRAWS PM’S ATTENTION TO DELAYS

Kathmandu, 29 Feb.: Speaker Subash Nemwang met Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Wednesday morning and drew his attention on delays in promulgating a constitution and concluding the peace process.
He informed the government chief meetings of a constituent assembly to resolve differences on themes for inclusion had been obstructed as well.
Bhattarai discussed the issues with his party boss Prachanda boss Monday before meeting Nemwang.
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NC FOR FRESH ELECTIONS IF NO STATUTE
Kathmandu, 29 Feb.: Leaders of Nepali Congress (NC) Tuesday said that fresh elections could be the best option if the parties failed to write the new constitution by May 27 deadline, The Rising Nepal reports from Sarlahi.
NC president Sushil Koirala said that if the political parties were unable to draft the new constitution within the deadline, new election could be an alternative.
However, he expressed his hope that the parties would succeed to conclude the peace and statute drafting processes within three months.
Talking to journalists in Sarlahi, Koirala said that the parties were intensifying the tasks of peace and statue writing and all works would be concluded within 27 May deadline.
He said that NC would provide an alternative way if the task of writing the new constitution was not concluded within the deadline.
He said that his party would never compromise with any forces to promulgate the democratic constitution.
Koirala said that the Maoists should implement the seven-point deal to conclude the twin tasks of peace and statute.
He said that if the Maoists honestly work to conclude the disputed issues of the constitution and peace, all the issues would be concluded within a week.
Meanwhile, NC senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba said that if the parties failed to promulgate the new constitution within 27 May, the fresh election could be an appropriate way to seek new mandate.
Speaking at an interaction organized by Rasuwa Chapter of Nepal Press Union in Dhunchhe, Deuba said that the report of the State Restructuring Commission (SRC) obstructed the task of the state restructuring.
He said that if any political forces tried to implement the report of the SRC, a new political crisis would emerge in the country.
He further said that SRC’s recommendations to restructure the country on the basis of ethnicity, language and region had only worsened the already complex situation.
Deuba said that NC had given first priority to conclude the peace process and added, "Without concluding the peace process, the new constitution will not be promulgated."
He urged the Maoists to implement the earlier peace agreements and support in drafting a consensus constitution within stipulated deadline.
He said, "If the Maoists positively support the peace and constitution writing processes, the national tasks will be concluded within three months."
He clarified that his party was ready to be further flexible to conclude the peace and constitution writing.
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HOME MINISTER SAYS PRESENT GOVT. WILL CONTINUE
Kathmandu, 29 Feb. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar Tuesday said that the present government would not be replaced by the new one before the parties decided the leadership of the next government, The Rising Nepal reports.
Receiving a memorandum from the Reporters’ Club here, DPM Gachchhadar said that the peace and constitution writing process would be at stake if the parties did not decide about the leadership of the new government before changing the present government.
The Reporters’ Club has launched a campaign to pressurize the parties to conclude the tasks of peace and constitution by May 27 and it handed over its memorandum to DPM under the campaign.
Gachchhadar said that although transforming the present government into a national unity government would be appropriate, they were ready to seek alternative to Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.
Meanwhile, Irrigation Minister Mahendra Yadav said that the present government would be converted into a national consensus to conclude the historic tasks of peace and constitution.
"The Baburam Bhattarai-led government is giving top priority to complete the peace process and accomplish the constitution writing task. So to conclude these tasks, the present government could be changed into national unity government" he said at a programme orgainsed in the capital.
However, Nepali Congress leader Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat ruled out the possibility of converting the current government into the unity government.
Minister Mahendra Yadav claimed that the integration process of the combatants reached the final phase and added, that the major parties were holding serious discussions to forge consensus on the contentious issues of the new constitution.
Yadav said the government was giving top priority to investigate into bomb explosion incident that occurred on Monday in the capital.
He condemned the incident and assured that the families of deceased persons would get relief from the government.
UCPN-Maoist leader Dev Gurung stressed the need resolve the contentious issues appeared in the constitution writing process by forging consensus among the political parties.
CPN-UML leader Ramchandra Jha said the army integration process would be forwarded based on the seven-point deal signed by the major political parties.
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