KATHMANDU: The Youth Association-Nepal (YA-N), the youth wing of the ruling party CPN-UML has demanded that the Home Ministry for its mother party due to the security sensitivity.
Speaking at a press conference organised by the YA-N in the capital today, its chairman Mahesh Basnet said that the Maoist is the second party of the conflict and therefore the home portfolio should not be given to it. He reasoned that his party should take the Ministry for Youth and Sports and Ministry of Home Affairs to address the issues regarding the youth. However, he was of the view that the party leaders should not make statements contradicting the party’s official decisions.
Basnet said the issue of national consensus is chairman Khanal’s agenda and therefore the question would be raised only if the leadership of Khanal fails. He also said national consensus could not be linked to a particular party.
UML is in serious discussions as the party leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and KP Sharma Oli have been opposing the party chairman and Prime Minster Jhalanath Khanal’s decisions to allocate the home ministry to the Maoists.
PM Khanal inked a seven-point deal with Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to set up the current coalition government on February 3 and they later tried to calm the suspicions over the deal as the opposition parties- Nepali Congress and Terai-based parties raised objections to it on Tuesday. However, the government has been running without a full cabinet due to the disputes in the UML over the power sharing.
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