Kathmandu, July 18
Central office bearers of the main opposition Nepali Congress party on Wednesday morning discussed strategies to prepare for the protest programmes it has announced.
The party on Tuesday had announced a series of nationwide programmes against the government claiming the government was acting against the constitution, democracy and people.
The party’s General Secretary Shashanka Koirala says the officials gathered at the party President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s residence in Budhanilakantha of this morning this morning to discuss the preparations.
Koirala says the meeting also discussed other issues related to contemporary Nepali politics.
The party has announced the protest saying the ruling Nepal Communist Party violated the constitutional provision that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should be elected from different parties. Moreover, the government is involved in centralising power vehemently attacking the principle of separation of power and independent judiciary, claims the party.
