KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 12
Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has made it clear that he just expressed his suspicion about plans to unseat him from the post of PM with the interpretation that the country's PM was defeated if he lost the NC presidency election. He added that he was also the country's prime minister not only the NC president.
The PM has also refuted the false publicity associated with a statement regarding his claim of victory made at an event this morning. Deuba has said that he just shared his views about the possible emergence of morality questions.
"Here, I made my statement with regard to defeat or victory of the prime minister, not the defeat or victory of the president.
Now, I am the NC president and also the prime minister. They would raise the issue of morality saying the PM had lost the election in case I was defeated. This government may not last until the elections. Meaning of my victory is continuity of this government until the elections and the NC's majority government would be formed from the local to federal levels," Prime Minister Deuba reiterated.
Deuba also recalled that he had relieved the country and citizens of fear and terror of KP Sharma Oli with support from friends inside and outside the party.
PM Deuba also thanked NC leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula for backing him for the post of party president.
Meanwhile, speaking at another event organised by Nepal Women's Association here today, Deuba said that he was working to make the NC-led government possible in all three layers of government while urging one and all to ensure his victory in the party presidency.
A version of this article appears in the print on December 13, 2021, of The Himalayan Times.
