The strong government of Congress and UML, which was built with the main goal of stability, good governance, economic reform and constitutional amendment, has been held hostage for a month over the appointment of the governor. Based on the understanding between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, it was expected that Thursday's Council of Ministers would give a solution.

But the government could not decide on the appointment of the governor even on Thursday.

There was an agreement between the two leaders that the resignation of Gunakar Bhatt, who resigned as the director of the Rashtra Bank, would be accepted by Wednesday evening and that the appointment would be made in the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday. But according to that, Thursday's cabinet meeting did not take any decision on the appointment of the governor. Health Minister Pradeep Paudel said that there was no discussion on the appointment of the governor in Thursday's cabinet meeting.

After the meeting between the two top leaders last Monday, Congress chairman Deuba announced that there was no obstacle in the appointment of the governor from the Prime Minister after the decision was made to appoint the governor from the cabinet on Thursday.

Instead, Deuba said that the appointment was delayed due to problems within the Rashtra Bank. Prime Minister Oli is in favor of giving the governorship to the Congress. There has been no obstacle to that," said Deuba at the party's central office in Sanepa on Tuesday.

After Permanent Governor Neelam Dhungana did not accept Bhatt's resignation, there was a long discussion between Prime Minister Oli and the second level leaders including Congress Deuba before the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday. According to a leader who participated in the

meeting, if Bhatt's resignation is not accepted even within a day or two, Congress has agreed to put forward another name for the governor.

"If the resignation is accepted by Saturday, the way will be opened for Bhatt to become the governor, otherwise, if his resignation is not accepted, the meeting will not make him the governor and in the alternative, the Congress will propose another name," the leader said. He said, 'Another agreement has been made to promote an alternative person to someone who has not worked in a private bank.'

There was talk of Congress promoting Gyanendra Dhungana, who resigned as the CEO of Nabil Bank, as an alternative to Bhatt. Some Congress leaders were even lobbying with Speaker Deuba in his favor for a few days.

It was also agreed that people who have worked in private banks should not be made governors as there is a risk of making the economic situation worse, not only will there be a conflict of interest in making those who have worked in private banks as governors. Another leader who participated said.

In a sensitive institution like Rashtra Bank, a legal provision has been made to appoint a new governor one month before the end of the term based on the belief that the governor should not be vacant even for a day. However, the leaders of both the parties have understood that due to the growing mistrust between the Congress and the UML, the appointment of the governor has not been resolved.

Some Congress leaders suspected that although there was an informal agreement between the two leaders to make Bhatt the governor, UML had a hand in not accepting the resignation of the permanent governor Dhungana. However, even when Prime Minister Oli asked him to accept his resignation several times in the meeting, he was saying that it was refused.

'Let's ask for the acceptance of the resignation once again, otherwise you should put forward another name,' the source said, quoting the statement of the Prime Minister in the Baluwatar meeting on Thursday. Before going to Thailand for 'follow up' of treatment, Deuba had informed the party's close friends that it had been agreed to make Rashtra Bank director Bhatt the new governor in a conversation with Prime Minister Oli.

Bhatt also mentioned that he resigned based on the agreement reached between the top leaders of the two ruling parties. According to a Congress leader, Bhatt's resignation came on May 5 as per the agreement reached between the two top leaders on May 3.

However, when the incumbent governor Dhungana, who was a competitor of the governor, did not accept Bhatt's resignation even after three weeks, there was distrust within the ruling party.

UML leader and former minister Agni Kharel claimed that even though the two parties are talking about the governorship, no conclusion has been reached. There was no discussion about the governor. "There was more discussion focusing on contemporary politics," he said.