NC, UML agree to expand mechanism to all 13 districts of Bagmati

Leaders of the two parties in Bagmati Province met on Sunday and took a six-point decision. Among other agreements, the two parties decided to rotate the leadership of the mechanism every month, with the Nepali Congress assuming leadership for the first month.

Indra Bahadur Baniya, President of the Bagmati Province Committee of Nepali Congress, assumed leadership of the mechanism on Sunday. After a month, Dr Rajan Bhattarai, in-charge of the Bagmati Province Committee of CPN-UML, will take over.

The meeting also decided to include one representative each from the NC and UML in the mechanism’s secretariat. Likewise, it also decided to form district-level mechanisms across all 13 districts in the province.

Meanwhile, the leaders decided to hold a joint meeting of the mechanism and Bagmati Province Government ministers on November 18.

Bagmati Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama and Bagmati Province Committee Vice President Chandra Maharjan represented the NC in the meeting, while the Bagmati Province Committee Chairperson of UML Kailash Dhungel, along with Dr Bhattarai, represented the UML.