KATHMANDU, APRIL 19
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today said that a conspiracy was being hatched to break the current ruling coalition.
Addressing a programme organised on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of Nepal Student Union, the student wing of the Nepali Congress, the PM said that efforts should be made to keep the coalition intact. " I am of the view that this coalition should not break at any cost," the PM added.
PM Deuba said that the NC benefited from the alliance as it had got chief ministers and ministers in most of the provinces. "I feel that I have done good work for the party," he added.
The PM said that due to the kind of electoral system the new constitution had adopted, no single party was in a position to win simple majority. He said give and take was a natural thing in a coalition rule. Other coalition partners have accepted that we being the largest partner will have more (seats) but they also have the right to demand as per their strength, Deuba added.
He further said If the current coalition fell apart, NC leaders and cadres would feel insecure.
"During the KP Sharma Oli-led government, our cadres across the country were terrorised by the government and they wanted us to change the government and that was the reason we dislodged Oli from power," Deuba said.
He advised student leaders to be excellent in both study and student politics. If you cannot win elections in colleges, you cannot win other elections," Deuba added.
He asked party's student wing to go to villages and schools to increase party's influence.
The PM said he was confidence that no force would defeat the party in the upcoming elections provided it stayed united.
A version of this article appears in the print on April 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
