BHAKTAPUR: Minister for Information and Communications Technology Sherdhan Rai has said the army would not mobilised to control Tarai protests.

Minister Rai, who is also the government spokesman, clarified that the government would not mobilise the Nepal Army unless critical situation was seen in the county. "If the situation threatened the security of the nation then the army could be mobilised as per the Constitution," he added, speaking at programme organised by the Rafat Sanchar Club today.

Minister Rai was of the opinion that the Tarai protests would not be controlled by mobilising army and through unnecessary administrative coercion as well.

He informed that the government so far has not concluded that the nation was going towards emergency though it was preparing to issue white paper on the problems seen in the national economy.

Similarly, Minister Rai urged the protesting parties to find out the political solution through dialogues as border blockade and violence in Tarai created shortage leading the country towards a humanitarian crisis.

He informed that the government had urged India to remove border blockade as the government was ready to sort out the internal problems through dialogues.

Saying that the government could not function as per people's aspirations and wishes due to the ongoing agitations in Tarai and the blockade imposed by the India, Minister Rai maintained that it was working by exercising all kinds of flexibility on hand for the welfare of the country and Nepali people.

The government is committed to control black marketing following the restrictions on goods on the Nepal-India border, he said, adding that the government was working to make easy supply of essentials through the adoption of all alternative means available.

Likewise, on a different context, Minister Rai said the government was working to amend the Constitution and have the reconstruction bill passed through the Parliament within November 26.

"And thereafter the ongoing protest in the Tarai would ease itself," he said.

He, however, said any activities that would go against the spirit of the Constitution would be intolerable to the government, and that the government and all citizens would unite against them.