Maoist ministers quit government

But since the parties failed to give an outlet to present problems, we decided not to delay quitting the cabinet, Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Matrika Prasad Yadav said.Last week, the Maoist ministers postponed their plan to quit the government after the major parties agreed to have more time to forge consensus for the formation of a new government under Maoist leadership.We have submitted our resignations en masse to the chairman to pave the way for the formation of a republican government, and the chairman, on our behalf, will forward the resignations to the PM, said Bhusal, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare.Maoist leader Mohan Baidya Kiran said they decided to tender their resignations after multiple rounds of talks with other major parties, particularly the NC and the UML, failed to reach a consensus.If they (NC and UML) cannot support us to form the government under our leadership, we are ready to support them if they want to form the government, he said, adding that the other major parties also needed to be flexible so as to find a common ground.They (NC and UML) are unnecessarily raising the issue of army integration, which will be done as per the peace pact.

Say party chairman Prachanda will forward resignations to PM Maoist ministers today said they had submitted their resignations from the government to party chairman Prachanda. Maoists have five ministers in the cabinet: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Dev Gurung, Hishila Yami, Matrika Prasad Yadav and Pampha Bhusal.The Maoists had been threatening to ... ...the cabinet for prolonging the status quo against the people’s mandate. “We waited until today in the hope that a consensus would emerge. But since the parties failed to give an outlet to present problems, we decided not to delay quitting the cabinet,” Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Matrika Prasad Yadav said.Last week, the Maoist ministers postponed their plan to quit the government after the major parties agreed to have more time to forge consensus for the formation of a new government under Maoist leadership.“We have submitted our resignations en masse to the chairman to pave the way for the formation of a republican government, and the chairman, on our behalf, will forward the resignations to the PM,” said Bhusal, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare.Maoist leader Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’ said they decided to tender their resignations after multiple rounds of talks with other major parties, particularly the NC and the UML, failed to reach a consensus.“If they (NC and UML) cannot support us to form the government under our leadership, we are ready to support them if they want to form the government,” he said, adding that the other major parties also needed to be flexible so as to find a common ground.“They (NC and UML) are unnecessarily raising the issue of army integration, which will be done as per the peace pact. Why did they not raise this issue before the CA election?” he questioned.Meanwhile, Nepali Congress leader and Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel said the Maoist leaders did not pronounce the issue of resignation in today’s meeting with the Prime Minister.Stating that more challenging work of writing a new constitution and restructuring the state were yet to be accomplished, Poudel said none of three parties — the Maoists, the NC or the UML — could afford to belittle each other.Poudel said they still wanted to have a common understanding but would not budge on Maoists; conditions. He said the Maoists were not willing to return the seized property and to rehabilitate their army into the society.“They only sign the pacts but do not do their part to implement them,” he charged.

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