Deuba faction warns against ousting National Assembly leader

Kathmandu. The former president of the Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction, has stated that attempts to remove Krishna Prasad Sitala from the National Assembly parliamentary party leader will not benefit the party. Leaders at a gathering of the faction at Smart Hotel in Maharajgunj on Tuesday said the establishment was trying to act unilaterally.

While leaving after the gathering, leader Min Bishwakarma, without naming Sitala, said that instead of getting bogged down in internal party affairs, one should focus on preserving national politics and democracy.

“The most senior and experienced leader of our party in the National Assembly is the leader of the parliamentary party. The leader of the National Assembly parliamentary party is not going to be made the Prime Minister, nor is there any greater achievement than that. With him there, it has not been difficult for the party to do any work,” Bishwakarma told journalists. “If we leave other things and get entangled in internal matters, instead of focusing on party building, preserving democracy, and the role of the main opposition party in holding the current majority government accountable, it will not do good for the party or for democracy.”

Leaders speaking at the gathering suggested that the leadership move forward through consensus and cooperation. Leaders also advised the party leadership not to get involved in internal matters when it is time to focus on building the party.