KATHMANDU, SEP 12 - Finance Minister Surendra Pandey has returned from Pokhara without attending the programme he was scheduled to after activists of the Unified CPN (Maoist) pelted stones at him.
Minister Pandey had only reached the office of the Golden News Daily at Chipledunga when the Maoist activists hurled stones at him from a nearby building. He had gone there to inaugurate the release of the daily tabloid. UML lawmaker Rabindra Adhikari, Nepali Congress' Krishna Murari Pariyar and former national assembly member Sukra Raj Sharma jointly released the tabloid after the Finance Minister returned Kathmandu.
Earlier today, Minister Pandey had criticised the Maoists, while addressing the seventh CPN-UML Chitwan convention's closed session in Bharatpur.
He said the Unified CPN (Maoist) dream to topple the government will be shattered as all the Madhes-based parties’ leaders have been appointed the ministers. "Leave the issue of toppling the government. Homework is being carried out to make all the 26 parties participate in the government," he said.
Mentioning the present government can be called successful than the previous one if all the working days are calculated, he added progress has been made from all the sectors such as revenue collection to peace and security situation.
He urged the Maoists to leave behind the strategy of making the government unsuccessful and participate in it by presenting itself responsibly in drafting the new constitution.
On the occasion, Minister Pandey said internal dispute within the UML has not affected in running the government. He also urged the party activists not to get involved in such dispute.
The closed session that took place till late night yesterday could not elect leadership unanimously, thus, election for the leadership has been scheduled for today. It has been learnt that Oli panel and Khanal panel will have tough competition for the leadership. Jagannath Thapaliya from Oli panel and Krishna Khanal from Jhalanath panel are competing for the leadership.
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