UPENDRA YADAV DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF COMMUNICATION MINISTER GUPTA

PRACHANDA AGAINST CHITWAN DIVISION
Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: Chairman of the Unified CPN-Maoist, Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that Chitwan district would not be disintegrated at any cost, RSS reports from Chitwan.
Inaugurating the Patihani Tourism Festival-2068 jointly organised by Patihani Tourism Development Committee and Patihani VDC at Patihani VDC of the Western Chitwan on Friday, Maoist Chairman Dahal said he was for a united Chitwan and assured not to allow division of the district into four federal states as proposed in the report of the State Restructuring Commission (SRC).
Earlier, representatives of the political parties submitted a memorandum expressing their concern over the SRC report and its proposal to divide Chitwan.
Dahal said the UCPN-Maoist was committed to completing the twin task of peace and constitution writing process. With the voluntary retirement of the Maoist combatants now over the army integration process would also be accomplished within the next 15 to 20 days after forging consensus among the political parties, he said.
Maoist Chairman Dahal said there was no alternative to move ahead forging unity among the political parties.
During the programme, Nepali Congress leader Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat and CPN-UML leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari expressed solidarity to the protest, while appreciating the local people's unity not to allow the district from being divided.
The festival will conclude on February 22.
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UPENDRA YADAV DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST COMMUNICATION MINISTER GUPTA
Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: Chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal, Upendra Yadav has stressed that the government should immediately take disciplinary action against the ministers giving statements in public against the national integrity.

Taking part in an interaction organised by the Media International here on Friday, MJF Nepal Chairman Yadav accused the government of failing to take action against the minister giving statement against the interests of the nation.

Mr Yadav was referring to Information and Communications Minister JP Gupta, who has been presently dragged into controversy, for his recent statement on the Madhdes issues.

Accusing the Dr Baburam Bhattarai led-government of promoting corruption in the country, Yadav said there was no base for believing that the incumbent government would conclude the peace and constitution drafting process.

"The Prime Minister should immediately resign so as to pave the way for the formation of the national consensus government, thereby concluding the remaining tasks of the peace and constitution drafting process", stressed the MJF Nepal Chairman.
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NEPALI MIGRANT WORKER SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM FOR MURDER IN MALAYSIA
Kathamandu, 17 Feb.: Sarkidhan Pulamimagar was sentenced Thursday to a 18-year-jail sentence by a Selangor state court in Malaysia for murdering his Nepali friend.
Pulamimagar of Okhaldhunga was sentenced for murdering Chandra Bahadur
Darji of Panchthar 13 June 2010.
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