There is news that Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala’s health has improved since he was admitted to Sahid Gangalal Heart Centre on Sunday evening. Nepalnews reports:
Koirala has started speaking and the amount of haemoglobin in his blood has increased. He was administered some blood last night as the blood level in his body had gone way below normal.
The High Level Political Mechanism, of which Koirala is the coordinator, held its final meeting of the second round of talks on Monday, but ended without a consensus. The Himalayan Times reports:
UCPN-M, CPN-UML and NC leaders failed to garner consensus after they stuck to their own individual agenda regarding the finalisation of the CA committee draft.
According to the UCPN-M leader, Dev Gurung the meeting could not resolve the differences after the UML and NC leaders ruled out the Maoist proposal for finalising the draft of the nine committees of the CA through voting.
President Ram Baran Yadav is reported to be concerned about the hiccups in writing the constitution and summoned CA Chairman Subash Nembang to update him on the progress.
“President Yadav wanted to know what options were available if the constitution is not written on time,” Kantipur writes. “But Nembang didn’t want to get into that saying ‘the only uncontroversial alternative is to write it on time.’”
While the President inquires about the the progress on the constitution, Vice President Parmananda Jha has injected a new issue into the debate. The Himalayan Times reports:
Vice-president Parmananda Jha today said that Nepal could be restored as a Hindu state in the new statute if majority of Nepalese demanded and desired so.Talking to media persons in Dhangadi after his arrival from Haridwar, India, Jha said that he too aspired for the revival of Hindu state as he was an ardent follower of Hinduism.