Rumour spread from undisclosed source is meaningless: Minister Gurung

KATHMANDU: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, has said the rumour spread from the undisclosed source about government's stability was worthless. He made it clear while speaking before media on Sunday.

Minister Gurung, who is also the Spokesperson of government, claimed the big parties in country- Nepali Congress and CPN UML- had built the present coalition and it would remain intact till the next general election, 2084.

"There are 167 seats of NC and UML combined in the parliament. No other parties were sought cooperation for majority," he said, adding that as long as these two large parties harbour the common value of alliance as imperative to resolve the national crisis, no other factors can change it.

According to him, the present government rescued the country from being a failure. Even the intolerance in social sectors was wiped out by this government, he added.

"The NC-UML consensus reflects the unity like that of 2048, 2056 and 2064 for the alliance and go to the next election with healthy competition," Gurung reiterated.

He informed that the national pride projects could not conclude in time because of policy confusion, low revenue collection and slack enforcement of budget resulted after the political instability. The government was formed against this backdrop which had also witnessed a rise on trade loss. Now, the government is working in a way to prove its mettle.

Political stability and good governance are the top priorities of the government, while the remaining tasks of peace process will also be concluded soon.

Minister admitted that although there is a rare case in the world that two large parties- first and second- form government in the parliamentary system, the government is made with the resolution of development, prosperity and stability.

Gurung further reminded that when the national politics sees difficulty, the major parties have stood together. Present government is also made upon this scenario, and it meets is objective at any rate.