The Congress-UML coalition government formed under the leadership of KP Sharma Oli has completed nine months. In the meantime, on the one hand, there is increasing anger on the streets regarding the working style of the government, and on the other hand, there has also been an uproar within the ruling party.

In this regard, Congress  leader Shekhar Koirala with from Kantipur  Kulchandra Neupane edited part of the conversation by :

You have come saying that the Congress-UML coalition government could not do anything. Is it really so? 

 Before the Congress-UML alliance was formed, there was extreme instability in the government. In 1979, the Congress and Maoists went to the polls with an alliance. After the election, UML and Maoists formed the government. Then Congress and Maoists formed the government. Again it happened to UML and Maoists. We have come to a point where Congress and UML should come together to end such instability. The alliance has also been formed on the issue of constitutional amendment, maintaining good governance, ending impunity and economic reform. But the government could not move in the way we envisioned. Governance became weaker. Corruption has increased a lot. Impunity has increased. There is no improvement in economic conditions. In the work of constitutional amendment, synco is not broken. 

What is the main reason for getting disappointed so soon with the government formed by two big parties? 

The priority of the government is not seen towards the original goal. The preference is to remove one employee, to keep one. One staff removal issue took up most of Parliament's winter session. The Prime Minister and the concerned minister made an issue of it. From that too, one can understand the mentality of the government's leadership and ministers. This is not how government works. 

The government's priority is clear in the seven-point agreement reached between Congress and UML on June 17. Is your argument that the government did not act accordingly? 

, the government could not do anything according to the seven-point agreement. It takes time but the government has not started. It didn't even say that he was doing anything. Everyone has their own reaction as to whether the incident that happened in Tinkune on 15 Chait was caused by the government or by the protesters. But why the government did not want to create a commission for judicial investigation? Shouldn't there be a judicial investigation? The government should look after the people. That's what gets us away. Only three/four faces are leading the government since one and a half decades. How do people believe that good work has been done? 

You have been saying that we are in government but not in power, what does this mean? 

We are in the government, because this coalition is made up of Congress and UML. We want it to do well, to move forward. To give people hope and trust. But the government's attention is not in that direction. It is only working to distance itself from the people. There is outrage in the streets. Victims of co-operatives, microfinance, metered loans are on strike, teachers are on the streets, resident doctors are on strike wearing white coats. Another group will come tomorrow. Shouldn't the government do a better job after seeing the road rage? It was not thought that if a solution is not found in time, it will bring more misfortune. Just figured out how to fire an employee. Congress is in government with UML. But our competition is also with UML. Therefore, we have to oppose not only UML, but also our own ministers when doing wrong.  

They are saying that if the constitution is not amended, there will be more anger on the streets. Do ordinary citizens have such an interest in constitutional amendment? 

During the implementation of the constitution, many errors have been observed. A constitutional amendment is necessary to address it. Even now, some communities of Madhesh have not fully accepted the constitution. Voices are being raised that this electoral system does not work. Reforms are being raised in the judiciary and constitutional bodies. There are questions about structural reforms and distribution of rights. A constitutional amendment is necessary to address all of them. Without acting on it, the Prime Minister himself goes on the streets and speaks. Now the teachers across the country are on strike, the Prime Minister went to Butwal without seeing him. Such tendencies of the Prime Minister could not establish the justification for meeting the Congress and the UML. We want the rationale for the merger of the two parties to be established soon.

Hasn't this government achieved a single achievement? 

I don't see anything. The achievement of this government is to spend nine months. 

 Congress and UML are saying that the coalition government could not be successful. After the failure of the government, you must have thought of alternatives. What are the options? 

Right now we're not talking about options. There is still an opportunity to act righteously. We want the government to work in that direction soon. I hope that the government will improve soon.  

How long will you be patient to reform the government? 

As we are political creatures, we will be patient but the road cannot be patient. If the government continues at this pace, the road will look for alternatives. The day the street looks for an alternative, that day the politics of Nepal will go beyond what we imagined. Don't let that day come. 

Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed his commitment to unconditional support for the formation of a Congress-led government in a television interview, how do you see it? 

Prachandaji has spoken to make the Congress very excited. But a few days ago, he said, "We communists are divided, don't think that we can't get together, we can get together." This has also made the Congress suspicious. 

Are you afraid that the left will unite? 

is not like that. Just as we say that the democrats should come together, we should not take it as a negative thing to hear voices from the left that we should also come together. The only concern is where the Left will take the country together. Also, since 1979, the left-wing leaders have been leading the government. Congress is only helping. This also shows how the left-wing government is progressing.  

Congress has started looking for an alternative to the government?