Kathmandu. Prime Minister Oli has started the process of appointing the 18th Governor of the Rastra Bank after a long tussle. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is preparing to step down from power if he does not appoint a governor immediately. A regular meeting of the Council of Ministers this evening is going to appoint the governor. A meeting of the Governor Recommendation Committee headed by Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel is also scheduled to be held before the cabinet meeting. The meeting of the Governor’s Recommendation Committee is likely to recommend three names for the post of governor and the cabinet meeting is likely to appoint the governor.
A highly placed source told Singha Durbar, “Nc and UML have reached an agreement to appoint Bishwa Poudel as governor. Although it is said that an agreement has been reached on the new governor, the distrust between the leaders of the main ruling party Nepali Congress and THE CPN-UML has intensified.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed shock over Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s strategy to stake claim to all appointments. Prime Minister Oli had expressed confidence that the UML would get the governor after the Nepali Congress took over the Securities Board, Insurance Authority and Nepal Stock Exchange under the Ministry of Finance. However, Oli was shocked when the Nepali Congress tried to participate in the governor’s recommendation committee. Prime Minister Oli, who had taken a stand to keep the UML as the governor anyway, had said that he would topple the government if Deuba did not get the governor.
Prime Minister Oli held discussions with leaders close to him after nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba warned that the government would not be in his bus if he did not get a governor. In the discussion, the governor discussed whether to leave the government with his party or leave the governor and retain power for some time. Leaders close to Oli had suggested prime minister Oli to extend the governor’s appointment process as much as possible. Similarly, their second-rung leaders criticised the CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Swatantra Party for not being able to talk to them.
The second-rung leaders of the Nepali Congress are constantly holding discussions with the opposition parties for power sharing. However, THE UML has not been able to make any progress.
Prime Minister Oli has become suspicious of the NC after realizing that the nc will stake claim to the Chief Secretary and the Election Commission after the governor. Oli Deuba is in a state of power if he is not given the governor.
What has happened so far?
– Rastra Bank Act provides for the appointment of governor one month before the end of the term of the governor
– Cabinet discussion on the formation of a recommendation committee for the appointment of governor on March 1, 2081
– Amendment of the criteria related to the appointment of officials related to the Ministry of Finance on March 1, 2081, new provisions allowing people above the age of 65 years to be appointed as governors
-Congress should also get a member in the Governor’s Recommendation Committee
Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, former governor Bijaya Nath Bhattarai and economist Bishwa Poudel are members of
the council of ministers.
Nepali Congress President Deuba reached Baluwatar on March 15, 2018 and pressed for the appointment of Rajendra Kishore Chhetri as governor
Nilam Dhungana, Deputy Governor of Rastra Bank, has been appointed as acting Governor on April 29,
.
Advocates Pratibha Upreti and Bishal Thapa filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court on March 12, 2081, stating that a person above 65 years of age cannot be made governor.
A single bench of Justice Nityananda Pandey issued a short-term interim order in the name of the government not to appoint a person who has attained the age of 65 years as governor immediately.
– Final warning that the government is not in the bus if the middleman is not made the governor by meeting Oli on April 2,
2082
– On April 1, 2082, Minister for Communications Prithvi Subba Gurung claimed that Oli and Deuba had reached an agreement on
the governor’s issue.
– Executive Director of Rastra Bank Gunakar Bhatta
resigns on April 15, 2017
– Executive Director Bhatta’s resignation rejected on April 1, 2082
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba leaves for Thailand with his family on April 15,
2019
Advocates Pratibha Upreti and Bishal Thapa have filed a supplementary petition in the Supreme Court stating that Bhatta will not be eligible to become governor
– Advocates Pratibha Upreti and Bishal Thapa did not want to see the supplementary petition filed in the Supreme Court stating that Executive Director Bhatta would not be eligible to become governor on April 1,
2082.
– The governor’s issue did not enter the cabinet meeting on April 8, 2018.
– Resignation of Governor Recommendation Committee member Bijayanath Bhattarai
– Continuation of the interim order of Justices Til Prasad Shrestha and Bal Krishna Dhakal in the name of the government not to make a person above 65 years of age the governor on April 1, 2082, not to enter the case of Dr
. Gunakar Bhatta.
– Former Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari was appointed to the Governor’s Recommendation Committee on April 17,
2082.
– Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba claims that Prime Minister Oli has already given him governor, alleging that the appointment of governor was delayed due to
the Rastra Bank.
– Economist Dr. Bishwa Poudel, a member of the Governor’s Recommendation Committee, resigned from the recommendation committee on April 1,
2082.
– Dr. Posh Raj Pandey was appointed as an expert member in the Governor’s Recommendation Committee on April 1,
2082.
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