CHITWAN, NOVEMBER 12

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today argued that the ruling coalition should win the general election to make the country rich and developed.

Addressing a mass meeting organised by the left-democratic alliance at Bharatpur's Guest House Chaur, Deuba reiterated that the ruling coalition should win polls slated for November 20 to make the country wealthy and developed.

Deuba stressed the need to open industries, and tap water resources to make the country prosperous. "I want to see the country developed so that no one will have to go abroad for employment," Deuba added.

Deuba said he was working wholeheartedly to unite people of the Tarai, hills and mountains and establish good governance for the betterment of the country and people. "The country will be inclusive, and united if the ruling coalition moves ahead together," Deuba held.

Deuba slammed CPN-UML Chair and former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and accused him of dissolving the House of Representatives twice against the spirit of the constitution.

At the programme, CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that the danger of regression was still there. He added that the ruling coalition would continue to exist as long as regressive forces kept raising their heads. He said that victory of candidates from the ruling coalition would defeat the regression on November 20. He claimed that November 20 election was a referendum between progress and regression.

A version of this article appears in the print on November 13, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.