KATHMANDU, Jan. 4: Nepalese Army has confirmed that Colonel Kumar Lama
assigned on a peacekeeping duty in Sudan was arrested in Britain.It is
said that Lama was in Britain on a holiday when he was arrested by the
authorities there.
Army spokesman Suresh Sharma said that they have received verbal and
written information on Lama´s arrest. Sharma said the Army Headquarters
has already issued directives to the military attaché at the Nepalese
Embassy in London, Bishwanath Ghimire, to give details on the issue.
NA Colonel Held In UK On Torture Suspicion
The British police stated that Lama was arrested on Thursday on the
charge of torturing the prisoners of war during the armed conflict in
Nepal.
The criminal law of Great Britain has provisions for arresting
individuals torturing the prisoners of war. The government is preparing
to hold a news conference later today on this topic
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Forum-G expels four leaders
Kathmandu, July 13
The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Ganatantrik) party has
claimed that the party led by Minister for Information and
Communications, Raj Kishor Yadav, was the authorized one.
The central committee meeting of the Forum
Ganatantrik said to have chaired by General Secretary Atmaram Prasad
Saha has decided to take action against four members including Nandan
Kumar Dutta and ousted them from the party’s membership, said another
General Secretary of the party, Ekwal Ahmed Saha in a press conference
on Friday.
Ekwal Ahmed said rumors in the market that Minister
Yadav was ousted as the Acting Chairman of the party was a fictional
one and claimed that Minister Yadav is still in the post.
General Secretary Ekwal Ahmed further said the
meeting has decided to take action against Dutta, Surita Kumari Saha,
Atmaram Saha and Rajeev Saha.
He urged all cadres not to run behind such baseless rumors made by
Dutta-led group claiming that there are 15 members of 23-member central
committee in the party. Forum Ganatantrik Chairman Gupta is spending
jail term after being proved guilty on corruption charges.
‘Nation faces disaster if PM quits without consensus’
Kathmandu, July 13
UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’
Friday said that Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai would not resign
from his post until the political parties reached a package deal to
resolve the disputed issues, including those of the new constitution.
Calling the opposition demand for the resignation of
the caretaker government meaningless, Maoist chairman Prachanda said
that the country would be at risk of a disaster if Prime Minister Dr.
Bhattarai resigned without finding a political consensus on the issues
of the constitution.
Addressing a conference of major stakeholders,
organized by the Rajendra Mahato-led Sadbhawana Party here, Prachanda
clarified that the new constitution could not be promulgated from
outside the Constituent Assembly.
He said the political consensus was shattered over
the issues of state restructuring and federalism and urged the
political parties to resume the efforts for consensus from that point.
He stressed the need of unity among the revolutionary forces.
"A counter revolt is inevitable if the revolutionary
forces do not create a front for the sake of political and social
transformation," he said.
Speaking at the conference, Sadbhawana Party
chairman Rajendra Mahato said that the Madhesi parties could not
imagine a constitution without federalism and federalism without
identity.
Chairman Mahato, who is also the Minister for Health
and Population, stated that the Constituent Assembly was dissolved due
to the disagreement of the parties over federalism.
Mahato maintained that splitting the Madhesi parties for power and money was unfortunate.
Rastriya Prajatanta Party chairman Pashupati
Shamsher Rana said that Prime Minister Bhattarai should step down to
pave the way for national consensus.
Chairman Rana argued that political consensus was
impossible until an all- party government was formed in place of the
incumbent government.
Janajati activist Malla K. Sundar said that
political consensus forged without the consent of the Madhesi,
Janajati, Dalit, and Muslim communities as well as the women would be
pointless.
Activist Malla also said that a constitution without an identity-based federalism could not last long.
Political analyst CK Lal said that the achievements
of the past political movements would go astray if the disagreement
among the parties continued.
Shiva Gaunle, president of the Federation of Nepali
Journalists, said that Prime Minister Bhattarai should quit and give an
outlet
to the present political deadlock.
to the present political deadlock.
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