At a book launch event for “Roads to the Valley: The Legacy of Sardar Pritam Singh in Nepal” on Monday, Prachanda made these statements. Prachanda said, “He (Singh) had previously attempted to make me the prime minister.
The shocking claims made by Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda that an Indian businessman living in the country “once made efforts” to install him as leader have sparked outrage in the Himalayan nation, with the opposition calling for his resignation.
Sardar Pritam Singh, a pioneering Nepalese trucking businessman, was credited by Prachanda for significantly advancing ties between Nepal and India.
At a book launch event for “Roads to the Valley: The Legacy of Sardar Pritam Singh in Nepal” on Monday, Prachanda made these statements. Prachanda said, “He (Singh) had previously attempted to make me the prime minister.
To appoint me as prime minister, he made several trips to Delhi and undertook numerous rounds of negotiations with Kathmandu’s political elite.
Singh has contributed significantly and historically to improving Nepal-India ties, according to Prachanda.
The comments have sparked a controversy and received backlash from a number of sources.
On Wednesday, the National Assembly sitting was interrupted by the major opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal-(Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), which demanded the resignation of the prime minister. The meeting has been moved to Thursday at 1:00 PM.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that the party does not want the Prime Minister to clarify their position; rather, they want him to quit.
Former Prime Minister Oli demanded that the prime minister quit, claiming that “his remarks have given a blow to national independence, dignity, the Constitution, and the parliament itself.”
The UML, the Rashtriya Swatantra Party, and the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) disrupted the House of Representatives meeting over Prachanda’s statements, and it was adjourned until 3 p.m. on Friday as a result.
Slogans such as “A Prime Minister appointed by New Delhi does not have the right to continue in the post” were screamed by members of the RPP and the major opposition Communist party, CPN-UML.
UML legislator Raghuji Pant said in the lower house, “The prime minister should resign on moral grounds. A prime minister selected by Delhi is not necessary. The governing parties have also voiced their displeasure with Prachanda’s comments, in addition to the opposition.
“The prime minister’s comments ought to be criticized. He made incorrect statements, Bishwa Prakash Sharma told reporters following the House hearing on Wednesday.
It’s not the first time Nepal’s senior officials have stirred up controversy with their careless comments on delicate subjects like geopolitics, bilateral ties, and other domestic matters.
At a book launch on Sunday, the Prime Minister made some contentious comments regarding Sardar Pritam Singh. The Prime Minister has now explained his statements, claiming that “it has been misinterpreted to cause a stir.”
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Prachanda said that although he had quoted from Pritam Singh’s remarks in the book “Roads to the Valley” (The Legacy of Sardar Pritam Singh in Nepal), people were trying to make a big deal out of it. He was speaking at a training session hosted by the All Nepal National Independent Students Union, a sister organization of his party.
“I wanted to demonstrate that Pritam Singh was interested in politics as well as social services and the transportation industry, and that he had lobbied parties in Delhi and Nepal to make him prime minister.”
“In my perspective, the Prime Minister may not have meant to suggest that India was meddling in Nepal’s domestic affairs. But while speaking on such a delicate subject, he ought to have shown more restraint in his use of political and diplomatic language, according to Ganesh Shah, secretary of the CPN-Maoist Centre.
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He noted that the Parliament was debating serious and significant matters, but sadly, his words caused the delay to waste time that might have been utilized for productive talks.