Kathmandu, Nepal, July 13, 2022: Incumbent coalition government formed on July 13 last year under the leadership of the Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba is going to complete one year of its formation. The first anniversary of the incumbent coalition government, however, did not remain controversies but bagged criticism from different sectors.
Not only the main opposition CPN UML but also the dissident faction of the Nepali Congress led by Shekhar Koirala has come heavily against of the Deuba led government at the time when marking the first anniversary even raising relevance of forming the coalition government.
The dissident faction of the Nepali Congress led by Shekhar Koirala has come heavily against of the government labeling dozens of blame to the president and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba even echoing the voices of the main opposition UML.
At the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Monday, Koirala camp not only criticized the incumbent government, Prime Minister and party president Deuba even raising questions about the relevance of forging alliance with the communist parties. The camp had a saying that alliance with the communist parties has deteriorated the party’s ideology and principle.
The dissident camp staged protests at the gate of the party headquarters in Sanepa when the Prime Minister and president reached there to attend the CWC meeting on Monday. The dissident faction has labeled blames Deuba of failing to run the government and the party as well.
Though the criticism from the opposition parties and the dissident faction of any party are common phenomena in Nepal, the recent criticism made by the Koirala camp even echoing the voices of the main opposition is taken importantly from different sectors.
Some issued raised by the dissident camp against of the incumbent government seem rational. The dissident faction has a demand that the bill introduced in the National Assembly to amend the Constitutional Council Act so as to make it easier for the commencement of the council meeting and take decisions has to be withdrawn.
The government has introduced the similar bill that was brought by the erstwhile Oli government. As it was protested even from the coalition partners calling it an attack on the constitution and rule of law, the government should not delay to withdraw the bill.
Similarly, another demand raised by the rival camp to scrap the Oli government’s decision to bring the National Investigation Department, the Department of Revenue Investigation and the Department of Anti-money Laundering under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has also be addressed not to drag more the government into controversies.’
