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A Scrambling Oli Government Produces Gazette Before Court, But WITHOUT F EAR OR FAVOUR Nepal’s largest selling English daily Vol XXVIII No. 326 | 8 pages | Rs.5 O O Printed simultaneously in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Bharatpur and Nepalgunj 23.0 C -3.4 C Saturday, January 23, 2021 | 10-10-2077 Dharan Jumla A scrambling Oli government produces gazette before court, but it’s backdated Hiding information and distorting it have been the hallmark of the Oli government and not publishing the House dissolution notice is a major procedural lapse, experts say. TIKA R PRADHAN KATHMANDU, JAN 22 Hide information, distort it, and con- fuse and mislead all. That’s how the KP Sharma Oli administration seems to have been functioning. After questions were raised during Thursday’s hearing about why the government had not published the notice regarding the government’s December 20 decision to dissolve the House, Attorney General Agni Kharel on Friday presented before the court the copy of the gazette with the notice. PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING The Department of Printing, which The notice was published in Nepal Gazette until Thursday night had not upload- on Friday but with December 20 date. ed the Nepal Gazette with the notice, had it up on its website on Friday Oli government had committed a for- morning. gery, by publishing a backdated notice December 20, however, has been after it was caught on the back foot. POST PHOTO: KABIN ADHIKARI mentioned as the publication date of “The government has been involved A woman carrying her baby joins a protest organised by the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party in the Capital on Friday against the dissolution of the notice in the Nepal Gazette. in such activities and what has hap- the House of Representatives by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. At least two officials at the pened now is tantamount to forging Department of Printing confirmed documents,” said Shalikram Sapkota, that the gazette was printed on an advocate who is pleading on behalf Thursday evening and was uploaded of the petitioners challenging Oli’s on its website on Friday morning. House dissolution move. “The gazette was printed yesterday “The government took the decision Confusion and dilemma in Nepali Congress continues, at around 7:30pm,” said Bimala to dissolve the House on December 20, Koirala, assistant spokesperson for but a notice in this regard has been the Department of Printing. “That published in Nepal Gazette almost a was uploaded on our website on month later with a backdate. This is now with eyes on leading government in provinces Friday morning.” out and out a wrong practice.” Many were quick to point that the >> Continued on page 2 Views differed in the party over House dissolution. Now there are questions whether it should join hands with Oli or Dahal-Nepal faction in Bagmati and Province 1. ANIL GIRI for that it needs the support of the “It seems that we are joining or KATHMANDU, JAN 22 Nepali Congress. leading the government in Bagmati,” If the Nepali Congress supports the Nabindra Raj Joshi, a central commit- Nepali Congress is not in government Oli faction, there are chances that tee member who was present at in even one of the seven provinces. Sherdhan Rai, chief minister of Thursday’s meeting at Deuba’s resi- Such was the hammering the party Province 1, and Dormani Poudel, dence said. got in the 2017 elections. But now with chief minister of Bagmati, both from But it is not clear whether the the Nepal Communist Party vertically the Oli faction, could save their seats. Congress will support the Oli faction split, it has a chance to join a provin- Rai and Poudel are facing no-confi- in Bagmati. cial government and even lead. dence motions filed by the Dahal- “We should be mindful that we were The opportunity, however, has Nepal faction. the opposition in the past and we are brought further confusion within The warring factions of the Nepal currently on the streets, protesting the Nepali Congress and put it in a Communist Party are seeking the against Oli’s move,” said Joshi. dilemma. support of the Nepali Congress in The party has not discussed what to The party is already divided in its the provinces and the latter seems do in Province 1. response to Prime Minister KP Sharma undecided. Observers say that the Nepali Oli’s decision to dissolve the House of Congress President Sher Bahadur Congress, rather than joining hands Representatives and hold snap polls on Deuba called a meeting of the party’s with Oli for short-term gains, should April 30 and May 10 with one section Central Working Committee members be leading the constituency that is believing that it must oppose the disso- representing the Bagmati province on angered by Oli’s ‘unconstitutional’ move to dissolve the House. “People view the current dilemma of the Nepali Congress as solely guid- ed by its leadership’s greed for power and its position is influenced by how it will benefit from immediate access to power whereas it should work to safe- guard the constitution,” said Bishnu Sapkota, a political commentator for the Post’s sister paper Kantipur. Despite having called Oli’s House dissolution “undemocratic and uncon- stitutional”, Deuba has been reluctant to vociferously oppose the move and rejected calls within his party to take to the streets in protest, maintaining that the matter is for the Supreme Court to decide. He has already rejected the proposal of the Dahal-Nepal faction to join the latter in protests together with the Janata Samajbadi Party, which was the third largest party in the dissolved House. Deuba and the party’s senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel are poles apart POST PHOTO on how to view Oli’s move. A divided party, the Nepali Congress has failed to hold decisive protests against Oli’s move. While Deuba has been soft on Oli’s move and has been urging leaders and lution and another section maintain- Thursday and discussed the way for- cadres to be prepared for the upcom- ing that it should wait for the Supreme ward, two participants of the meeting ing polls, Poudel and his faction have Court’s decision on the constitutionali- told the Post. said that the Nepali Congress should ty of the dissolution. A no-confidence motion against launch street protests against the Meanwhile, within the Nepal Chief Minister Poudel was tabled at House dissolution until the move is Communist Party, the split is being the provincial assembly on Friday. corrected. played out in the provinces with the “At the meeting, Deuba said that “At Thursday’s meeting too, we faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal whichever NCP faction offers the post found a similar kind of confusion and and Madhav Kumar Nepal set to of chief minister to the Nepali dilemma over the party’s stance in remove the chief ministers of Congress, the party will extend sup- Bagmati Province,” a leader who Province 1 and Bagmati Province. But port to that,” said a participant wants to maintain neutrality said. requesting anonymity. “Deuba is “Deuba wants to assign the responsi- more inclined to going with Oli bility to the provincial parliamentary and if a ‘give and take’ between committee while Poudel is of the view the Congress and the Oli-led fac- that the decision should be taken at tion of NCP goes well, the party the centre or through the party’s is all set to lead the government Central Working Committee.” in Bagmati.” After Thursday’s discussion, the That would put a spanner in party’s Bagmati provincial assembly the works of the Dahal-Nepal leader, Indra Bahadur Baniya, has faction’s plan to have Asta been summoned to Kathmandu to Laxmi Shakya as the chief brief the party’s leadership on the minister. Following the elections ground situation in Hetauda, the capi- in 2017, Poudel had pipped tal of Bagmati Province. Shakya to the post. >> Continued on page 2 C M Y K SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 | 02 NATIONAL A motley crew of people and political talk at Capital protest Thousands attended Friday’s rally called by Dahal-Nepal faction of Nepal Communist Party against Oli’s House dissolution move. But not everyone was there to protest. ANUP OJHA “Listening to these leaders speak Another protester, Bhimnath KATHMANDU, JAN 22 does have a galvanising effect,” Olakhey shared a similar view. The Pokharel said. “There’s no doubt 74-year-old had joined 150 others A groundswell of people descended what Oli did was unconstitutional. from his village in Bagmati Rural on the streets of Kathmandu on But I believe that we should let the Municipality to attend the rally. Friday to protest the dissolution of court decide on this issue.” “Most of us here are supporters of the House of Representatives by the Pokharel and his friends had a the party. We are here to protest KP Sharma Oli government. rather cynical view about the coun- against Oli who is bent on destroy- Throughout the day the city’s traf- try’s politics. ing the constitution for which many fic was thrown into a chaos as the “Even if the court revives the par- Nepalis have made an immense sac- Pradarshani Marga and Bhadrakali liament, we are getting the same old rifice,” said Olakhey. areas were overrun by a sea of peo- faces running the country. It will “We fought tirelessly to reinstate ple, to attend the protest rally called hardly matter for commoners,” democracy in 1990. I myself joined by the Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Pokharel said. “And if the Supreme the Maoist party and fought the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led Nepal Court verdict came in favour of the 10-year insurgency.
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