Kathmandu, February 25
Former Speaker Subas Nembang says he wants to continue working for the UML party and is not in the race for president.
Nembang, who is also a member of the party’s Standing Committee, says he does not even want to become a minister. “I have more than 10-12 years of politics left in me. So I don’t have the desire to take up a government position now,” he said.
“It is my wish to work for the people and the party. I haven’t approached anyone for a ministerial position,” Nembang told Onlinekhabar.
Although some party leaders are saying that Nembang could be elected Speaker yet again, he said that the issue has not been discussed within the party. It is believed that Nembang opted out of the race for president after President Bidya Devi Bhandari and former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal said they are interested.
It is expected that Oli will name Nembang as his deputy leader of the ruling party in Parliament.
