NUWAKOT, NOVEMBER 13
Nepali Congress Spokesperson Prakash Sharan Mahat appealed to Nepali citizens to elect candidates who can deliver.
At an election rally organised by the democratic-left alliance in Nuwakot Constituency-1 today, Mahat asserted that Nepal needed political leadership that walked the talk. Stating that the NC-led coalition could deliver, Mahat, also a former minister, pointed out the need to elect alliance candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The election to House of Representatives and Province Assembly are being held in a week - on November 20 - in a single phase.
Throwing the taunt at the major opposition, CPN-UML, he dubbed the party as one that only did 'talking'.
On a different note, he felt the need for a leadership that would bring together all democratic forces in the country.
He blamed UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli of failing to maintain unity within the party and cited how the NC President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had unified the NC as well as how he had shown leadership by bringing on board the leftist forces.
"Acknowledging the need of the hour for the nation, the NC moved forward by taking together the political parties subscribing to different ideologies. We have united the party," he argued, urging the voters to elect the NC-led coalition.
According to him, the NC leadership had distributed tickets with consensus after discussing with all the concerned ones and there was no grievance on the part of any coalition partner either. Hence, he confidently claimed a majority win for the current coalition in the upcoming elections. He also observed that the coalition was formed to defend the constitution and for political stability and prosperity of the nation.
Due to seat sharing among coalition partners, ticket was given to CPN-Maoist Centre candidate to contest from Nuwakot Constituency No 1 instead of himself, despite his willingness, he shared.
A version of this article appears in the print on November 14, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
