Lawmakers Ram Naresh Raya and Gauri Mahato Koiri of SP on Thursday quit the party and formed a new party called National Sadbhawana Party.
“The question is why the speaker is playing supportive role to split the party time and again,” said Mahato while addressing a program at Reporters´ Club, Nepal in the capital on Monday afternoon. [break]
Mahato, who is also Health Minister, termed Co-chairman of Rastriya Janashakti Party Prakash Chandra Lohani as “another element” behind the party´s split. The speaker had formed a committee headed by Lohani to make recommendation about possible action against previous deserter Lawmaker Anil Kumar Jha, who was suspended by the SP on disciplinary ground.
“If Lohani´s committee had submitted its report on time, the party would not have split,” added Mahato. He accused Nembang of not playing a fair role as a speaker of the House, arguing that Nembang had been working against Madhes. “He has been working to incite hatred against Mashes-based political parties,” said Mahato, venting his ire against speaker.
In a separate context, Mahato claimed that the cabinet´s decision to legalize conflict-era property transactions that were arbitrated by then Maoists´ ´people´s government´ cannot be implemented.
“The decision to legalize conflict-era property transaction will not be implemented at any cost,” said Mahato. He maintained that the Maoist party can implement such controversial decision only when it has a majority government. “Nothing can save the current government if it fails to take forward the twin tasks of peace process and constitution drafting,” he argued.
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