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News In Brief
Siddhi B Ranjitkar
1. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kathmandu on February 2, 2016 stated that the attention of the government of Nepal has drawn to the statement of the Indian regional leader of the Bihar State widely published in the Indian newspapers, and it had been interfering in the internal affairs of Nepal.
The statement also said that Federal Socialist forum-Nepal, Terai Madhesh Democratic Party, and Nepal Sadbhavana Party leaders such as Upendra Yadav, and Rajendra Mahat had met with Lalu Prasad Yadav of the Bihar State leader on Monday, February 1, 2016, and they urged him to assist the Nepalese leaders in their protest movement, according to the news in the State-run newspaper ‘gorkhapatra’ of February 3, 2016.
2. Indian ambassador Ranjit Rae met with the chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda at the latter’s resident in Lajimpat on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. They talked about the blockade on the border entry points, the Madhesh movement, and the multi-party discussions the Nepalese political leaders had among themselves. Chairman Prachanda urged the ambassador Rae to end the blockade as soon as possible. Ambassador Rae in turn said that the blockade would end once the political leaders reached an agreement with the Madhesh leaders, the news in ‘gorkhapatra’ of February 3, 2016 quoted the private secretariat of Prachanda.
Recently in dismay, Prachanda had publicly expressed his strong opinion against the Indian blockade on the Nepal-Indian border points causing tremendous hardship to the Nepalese in general. The blockade had encouraged the parallel market in Nepal. It had cause the short supply of gasoline, cooking gas, diesel, aviation fuel, and other daily supplies.
3. Speaking at the rally of a cadre of his party held in Biratnagar on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, chairman of Madheshi People’s Rights Forum-democratic Bijaya Gacchadar said that it was wrong to take the innocent people to the streets and to make troubles to the common folks in the name of the Madhesh movement. He also said that even after the amendment to the constitution had resolved the provincial boundary issue the leaders of Madheshi front visiting Delhi and Bihar had been the sad events, according to the news in ‘gorkhapatra’ of February 3, 2016.
4. Commission on Investigation into Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case of corruption against six persons including the Local Development Officer of Kathmandu: Tirtha Raj Bhattarai (at the Special Court). They had submitted the bill for tarpaulins purchased in India for the quake victims 14 times higher than the actual purchase price causing the loss of Rs3.5 millions to the State, according to the news in ‘gorkhapatra’ of February 3, 2016.
