World News | Nepal’s current coalition government will last five years, PM Prachanda says

KATHMANDU, July 1 (Xinhua) — Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said Saturday that the current coalition government will continue for a full five-year term as it is based on “best consensus.” .

Prachanda was sworn in as prime minister on December 26 last year, leading the Himalayan nation’s 10-party ruling coalition.

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“The coalition government has been in power for five years and we are trying to craft the best solution,” the 68-year-old leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Center (CPN-MC) said in an interaction with reporters in Pokhara, about 200 kilometers west of here. A source in the prime minister’s office said, “It’s a consensus”.

His comments are significant because no government in the Himalayan nation has served a full five-year term since democracy was restored in 1990.

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Prachanda also called his recent visit to India historic, saying: “The Indian Prime Minister’s announcement to resolve the border issue is a major achievement. No Indian Prime Minister has said that before.”

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after wide-ranging talks with Nepal’s foreign minister that they would resolve all issues, including those related to the border, as the two countries strive to elevate bilateral relations to the heights of the Himalayas.

Nepal is considered an important country for India as it shares borders with the five states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand over a length of more than 1,850 km. The landlocked country relies heavily on India for the transportation of goods and services.

A similar achievement was India’s aggressive gesture to import 10,000 MW of electricity from Nepal within a decade, which Prachanda claimed would open the way for further investment in the power sector.

He also said investigations into domestic corruption would be further intensified, adding that whether it was a Bhutanese refugee scam or Lalita Niwas’ land grab, the government would take tough action.

“We are fully committed to solving the problems of our people,” the prime minister said. “Tens of thousands of Nepalese working abroad have been included in social security funds, which will have a long-term positive impact.”

The senior Maoist leader expressed optimism about Nepal’s current economic situation and claimed that the Nepalese economy is gradually getting on the right track.

Prachanda said that he will pay an official visit to China in the near future and that he will use this visit to benefit Nepal and its people.

Prachanda noted that during his visit to India he had raised the issue of opening new air routes and said the results would be forthcoming, adding that the matter would also be discussed during his upcoming visit to China.

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