Addressing a tea reception hosted by Nepali Congress Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) delegation from the across the country in the capital, Dr Mahat urged businessmen and industrialists not to put all the political parties in the same basket. [break]
Dr Mahat, who is also a central working member of NC, said his party has never forced businessmen and industrialists to pay for them. “I urge you not to put all political parties in the same basket and cast aspersions at them,” he said. “You must be able to say enough is enough and refuse to pay donations.”
The FNCCI members gathered in Kathmandu to organize its 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Dr Mahat said national economy cannot improve unless strikes, bandas and vandalism are regarded as crimes. Political parties should not resort to strikes and bandas to meet their political goals, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, FNCCI Chairman Kush Kumar Joshi said national economy has fallen into a shadow of politics and urged political parties to end the culture of strikes and bandas once and for all. Joshi also urged the political parties to come up with a minimum common economic concept for the uplift of national economy.
President of Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) Surendra Bir Malakar said businesses and industries have fallen prey to political instability, power crisis and frequent strikes.
PM assures security to industrialists
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday assured security to businessmen and industrialists.
Addressing a delegation of businessmen and industrialists from across the country, he said the government will leave no stone unturned to ensure effective law and order situation in the country.
The delegation had asked the prime minister to ensure security as businessmen have increasingly become vulnerable to threats, kidnapping, extortions and life-threatening attacks from criminal groups.
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