Koirala, Bhattarai meet to resolve dispute in NC

Lalitpur, June 12 (RSS): President of the Nepali Congress (NC) Girija Prasad Koirala and founder leader of the party Krishna Prasad Bhattarai held serious discussions at the latter’s residence at Bhaisepati this afternoon on rivalry management within the ruling party.

During the course of discussions, the two top leaders of the party expressed commitment not to allow the success of elements seeking to weaken the party and create uncertainty and instability in the country, NC spokesman Arjun Narsingh K.C. said.

On the occasion, NC president Koirala told Bhattarai that he was willing to save the dignity of the party, and make it effective and dynamic, the spokesman said.

Meanwhile, five Nepali Congress central committee members, in a press communique issued today, called on party president Koirala to take the initiative towards credible, durable and effective measures for party unity and to immediately withdraw the disciplinary action taken against Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

The communique issued by central committee members Chiranjibi Wagle, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Bijaya Kumar Gachchhedar, Prakash Man Singh and Bimalendra Nidhi said it is the duty of everyone to end the violence, murder and terrorism in the country and bring about peace and order.

Pointing out that it is natural for all colleagues and well-wishers to be concerned and anxious over the dispute that has arisen in the Nepali Congress at such a critical time, they said that at a time when things are moving towards elections to seek a fresh mandate from the people, it is indispensable for the Nepali Congress to advance in unity.

Similarly, 17 former MPs of the Nepali Congress have published a statement here today heartily appealing to party president Koirala and founder leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai for immediate withdrawal of the disciplinary action against Prime Minister Deuba and creation of a conducive atmosphere for unity in the party.

In the statement, the former MPs have appealed to Prime Minister Deuba to also play a role to create a congenial environment to maintain unity in the party.

Stating that because of the dispute that had arisen in the party for some time, hundreds of thousands of NC activists dedicated to nationalism, democracy and socialism had been hurt. They have demanded that a meeting of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress be called as early as possible to resolve the dispute and ensure unity.

The former MPs signing the statement are Dilli Prasad Sitaula, Jivan Prem Shrestha, Mahendra Kumar Mishra, Anirudra Sharma, Prem Raj Angdambe, Bishwanath Agrawal, Hari Prasad Nepal, Dwarika Prasad Pradhan, Devraj Joshi, Ratna Bahadur Bishwakarma, Susheela Sharma, Homraj Dahal, Akbar Bahadur Singh, Bramha Narayan Chaudhari, Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya, Krishna Kumar Joshi and Keshav Bahadur Chand.

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