No alternative to HoR poll on March 5: Minister Kharel

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec 23: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jagdish Kharel has viewed that there is no option to holding election of the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) as scheduled for March 5.

Minister Kharel said so while inspecting damage in the Nepali Congress party's central office at Sanepa in Lalitpur, which was vandalized during the Gen Z protest on September 9.

Ministers Kharel and Sinha (right, front) during visit to NC's office at Sanepa, Lalitpur.

Minister Kharel was at the NC party office to inspect it on behalf of the political consultation committee formed by the government.

As the government was formed on the strength of the Gen Z movement and that it was mandated to hold the HoR election on March 5, there is no alternative to the election, according to Minister Kharel.

The Minister said the political consultation committee would also hold separate discussions with the political parties while the government has been holding all party meeting with all stakeholders including the political parties.

He said the consultation committee was formed to facilitate discussions with the parties and that their visit to inspect the damage caused in the parties' office during the movement was a part of their task.

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anil Kumar Sinha, Chief Advisor to Prime Minister Sushila Karki, Ajay Bhadra Khanal, are the other members in the 3-member consultation team. The committee is under the coordination of Minister Sinha.

On the occasion, Minister Sinha made it a point that there is no alternative to election at this adverse situation and that it would be inappropriate to delay in holding poll.

He assured of full assistance to the political parties as required from the government.

Ministers Kharel and Sinha, and chief advisor Khanal, holding talks with CPN (UML) deputy general secretary Yogesh Bhattarai (left) during their inspection of the UML office.