Present ruling coalition's goal is political stability and impetus in development: Minister Gurung

Kathmandu, Dec 16: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, has asserted that the main objective of the political alliance comprising the CPN (UML) and the Nepali Congress is to bring momentum to the development by maintaining political stability in the country.     

Addressing the 59th-anniversary ceremony of The Rising Nepal, the English language National Daily published by the Gorakhapatra Corporation, today, he said the government is committed to eliminating the political instability which stands as an obstacle in the country's development.     

Stating that the trend of frequent government changes has had an adverse effect on the under-construction development projects and also affected the policies, rules and bases, Minister Gurung, who is also the government spokesperson, said it is for this reason that the incumbent coalition government has laid emphasis on development backed by political stability.     

"The government becomes unstable with the political instability and this impacts the development constructions and the people also. Therefore, formation of the government in alliance with the country's two big parties – the Nepali Congress and the UML- was necessary and we have done accordingly," he said.     

The government spokesperson said that the nation's prosperity was always put on the backburner in the past as the political parties were entangled in the power game and political instability. "This will not happen now, as this government is taking initiatives to give the people an experience of political stability," he added. (RSS)