Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who was almost taken to India for medical treatment Wednesday morning, is now reported to be in a stable condition. And, in a meeting with UN Under General Secretary B Lynn Pascoe, he said his only wish before his last breath is to see the promulgation of the new constitution. Republica writes:
According to NC leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, who was present during the meeting, Koirala told Pascoe that he has been working consistently to establish sustainable peace and political stability in the country. He also said that his only wish before breathing his last is the promulgation of the new constitution.
Koirala also said that he had taken initiative to form the High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) to help resolve differences among political parties and drive the peace process forward.
Nagarik has exclusive pictures from the meeting.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Rijwan Ansari stepped down today after Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal sought his resignation for remarks criticising Home Minister Bhim Rawal. The Himalayan Times reports:
“I wanted to resign on moral grounds as I could not do anything in the capacity of State Minister. The Home Minister restricted me from carrying out any duties,” Ansari said, adding, “I don’t know why the PM asked for my resignation at a time when CPN-UML’s leaders demanded the resignation of Home Minister in the party’s central committee meeting recently.”
Police arrested more than a dozen Tibetan activists protesting in Kathmandu to mark Tibetan Uprising Day, which commemorates the day on which Chinese sent their troops to Tibet in 1959. Nepalnews writes:
Go back to previous pageChanting “free Tibet” including other pro-Tibet slogans while waving the Tibetan national flag, around 300 exiles staged demonstration alongside Buddhist monks at the premises of Boudhanath stupa.
There was a heavy police presence at Bouddha, one of the most revered Buddhist prayer sites in the country, in a bid to foil the anti-China protests of spiralling out of control. National and international journalists, press photographers and camera crew were also present to report the event.
Oh really? Are you sure grandpa that’s really what you want? What about your fat-ass annoying daughter in the PM’s seat?
I respect you, I love you and all that. But that does not really mean that I have to have that admiration to your daughter. She makes us sick.
I wonder how can Koirala remain corrupt up to the age of 95. He is surely a special man.
Do us a favour… LEAVE!!!!
I thought Koirala’s wish was to have her daughter succeed him and put certain members of Koirala family in high posts of government and NC. Girija had ample opportunities to be a statesman but he lost the opporunity a long time back. Incompetent Deuba is a product of Koirala’s petty politics and ill suited leadership. Girija chose to be a father to his daughter who never participated in any of the movements demanding democracy. This way, his daughter deprived him from being a statesman. I think Koirala family has their own definition of
corruption. Sorry to say this but some people live longer than their utility.