NC President Deuba: Constitution amendment is for national interest

Kathmandu: Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the constitution should be amended in the national interest.

Addressing a press conference organized by the Nepal Press Union on Friday, President Deuba commented on the constitution.

On the occasion, he said that an agreement has been made to amend the constitution as per the national need, stressing that the two coalition partners – the Nepali Congress and the UML – were ready for the constitution amendment in the national interest, and other parties would also be taken on board in this process.

According to him, other parties will also be included to achieve the two-thirds majority required for the constitutional amendment. Stating that he has been hearing in the media that the present ruling coalition is falling apart, the NC President dismissed this and said this will not happen.

‘I do hear through the media of the coalition falling apart. It is only there in the press and nothing more,’ he added. The NC president said this government will last its full term until 2084 BS, citing the written agreement between the NC and the UML on this.

President Deuba also said that it would be wrong to say the incumbent government took somebody into custody as a cooperative fund fraudster out of a political vendetta. He said the police are carrying out their work in deference to the laws of the land and anyone found guilty of misappropriation of cooperative funds should be brought to book.

The Nepali Congress president is currently in his home district to attend various party-related programs. He will return to Kathmandu only after attending the religious fair at the Ugratara Temple today.

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