UPDATE OF MINISTER RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF HER REPLACEMENT

UPDATE ON SARITA GIRI RESIGNATION

Kathmandu, 23 March; Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Friday
administered the oath of office to Labour Minister M.M. Thapa in the presence of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav..
Government is to be expanded further with addition of more ministers.
The premier sacked Sarita Giri after she refused to submit resignation as deaned by the government chief, an announcement of the Prime Minister’s Office said..
MJFN (Ganatantrik}didn’t recommend name of a minister to replace
Communication Minster Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta who resigned and has
been jailed after supreme court convicted him on corruption charge.
Bhattarai was holing the communication minster portfolio following the
the resignation.
Giri announced withdrawal of her party’s support to government as Madesh Morcha is government attempts to expand the front.
NSP (D) was not one of the five original members of the Madeshbadi front in government but a later entrant.
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FURTHER DETAILLS OF THE FRONT AGAINST MAOISTS

Kathmandu, 23 March: Maoist First Vice-chairman Mohan Baidhaya
didn’t take up leadership of the front against the establishment of
Chairman Prachanda and Prime Minister Baburam Bhatarai but instead
appointed secretary CP Gajurel to lead it.
The rebel group earlier came back to support the establishment amid
differences saying ‘government and party were being encircled’; this time
it has moved one stop forward threatening a possible split.
The group Friday announced a three-month anti-government and anti-party protest nation-wide protest programme it calls a ‘struggle’ for pressure.
The programme includes collection of signature from all 240 parliamentary constitencies for submission to the constituent assembly (CA)for a people’s

federal, democratic and republic constitution
Similarly, the front will also conduct seminars, rallies in constituencies
, stage torch rallies to oppose ‘ anti-nationalism’ and other aberrations.
inside and outside the CA.
The front will oppose unequal treaties and border encroachment in three-phase programme.
CPN (Maoist) leader Matrika Yadav, CPN (United) leader Chiran Pun, Revolutionary CPN’s Anggami, Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch leader Khagendra Makhim, Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal’s Parshuram Tamang, Janamukti Party Nepal’s Atalman Rai, Nepal Nagarik Party’s Raj Kumar Lekhi, All Nepal National Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (United)’s Nagendra Rai, Federation of Indigenous Nationalist (Samajbadi)’s Ram Singh Lama, Tharu Mukti Sangram’s Dr. Lalan Chaudhay and Suresh Ale Magar of Adibashi Jatiya Chhetriya Mahasangh Nepal are
in the committee.
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