KATHMANDU, May 6: Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, on Wednesday has formed an ‘economy-focused special committee’ to study and analyse the impacts of COVID-19 in various sectors, and set a necessary vision of the party in this regard.
Issuing a press statement today, NC informed that party president Sher Bahadur Deuba formed the committee under the coordination of the former finance minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat. The committee comprises party leaders who had previously served as finance minister and state minister and vice-chairman in the National Planning Commission.
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The committee includes former finance minister Mahesh Acharya, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Dr Narayan Khadka, Dr Minendra Rijal, Chinkaji Shrestha, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, Bharat Shah, and Uday Shumsher Rana. Similarly, Dr Prithivi Raj Ligal, Dr Shankar Sharma, Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokhrel, Dr Govinda Pokhrel and Dr Swarnim Wagle are also in the special committee.
“The party will set its immediate vision and position regarding relief packages, short-term vision on the priorities of the upcoming budget and long vision on national economy post-pandemic,” read the statement.
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