Home Minister Aryal said that necessary preparations are underway through all-party discussions to create an environment for the election despite security challenges.
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Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has said that the government is fully committed to holding a fraud-free and fear-free election on the scheduled date.
Noting that 100 days have passed since the formation of the government, he informed that necessary preparations are underway through all-party discussions to create an environment for the election despite security challenges.
Speaking at the Koshi Province-level security meeting on Wednesday, Home Minister Aryal clarified that the government is moving forward by distributing monthly allowances to the injured, strengthening security morale, and considering periodic elections as the basis of good governance.
‘When security morale is weak, the morale of the entire state machinery decreases,’ he said, ‘That is why our goal is to ensure elections by prioritizing security.’ In the meeting, Koshi Province Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki made strong comments on the recent political and social developments and termed Bhadra 23 and 24 as ‘destruction’ in Nepal’s history. He described the recent Gen-G movement as a destructive activity rather than reform-oriented.
Targeting Home Minister Aryal, Chief Minister Karki called him an ‘activist’ and recalled his student political days. "We welcomed him when he came to study at the law campus in 2050, but today the responsibility is different," he said. He claimed that there was a difference of 'heaven and earth' between yesterday's political system and today's government.
Calling Prime Minister Sushila Karki 'Guruama', Chief Minister Karki insisted that the current government is completely non-partisan. He suggested that the government's only mandate is to hold elections and focus only on that.
"Those who are trying to burn the country with the national flag on their shoulders are active," he said. "The situation was such that we had to flee, we almost escaped."
Expressing doubts about the election, Chief Minister Karki said that the possibility of holding elections in the remaining 64 days was low. He argued that the election environment had been spoiled by activities such as not allowing candidates to run and threatening them. He also said that the process of taking the statement of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli was 'wrong and biased'.
The Chief Minister also expressed his distrust of the Gauri Bahadur Karki-led inquiry commission formed by the government. ‘Everyone knows where Gauri Bahadur Karki was,’ he said, ‘it is clear what the outcome will be if you look at his social media.’
In the meeting, Koshi Province’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Revati Raman Bhandari informed about the security situation and pointed out the danger of the looted weapons being misused in the elections. She demanded that the federal government give a clear answer on the issues of escaped prisoners and ownership of vehicles.
Minister Bhandari expressed concern over the lack of expected improvements in the field of good governance, the increase in illegal extortion on the roads, and the negative impact on the tourism sector, saying that Indian tourists were particularly affected by this. The meeting was attended by the heads of security agencies from 14 districts of Koshi Province.
