KATHMANDU, April 27 - The CPN-UML on Monday put forth a proposal to the Unified CPN (Maoist) leadership to dismiss Chief of the Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal, Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, and Lieutenant General Kul Bahadur Khadka on Monday.
In the meeting of the top guns of the two major ruling parties held at the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar today morning, the UML said that all three controversial figures should be relieved from their duties to solve the present political crisis.
Saying Minister Thapa could not prove himself politically and administratively competent to handle the Defence Ministry, the major ally of the Maoist-led coalition UML asked the Maoist leadership to pull him out from the Cabinet.
Moreover, the UML also proposed to appoint Lt Gen Chhatra Man Gurung, third-in-line in the Nepal Army, the CoAS to resolve the controversy regarding the NA command.
“It will be a viable option to bid farewell to the two top controversial figures --CoAS Katawal and Lt. Gen. Khadka-- in the army and look for a third person to lead instead,” said the UML source.
However, the Maoist leadership refused the UML proposal and said that it is firm on taking action against CoAS Katawal.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal asked the UML to back him to oust CoAS Katawal.
Only yesterday, the UML Standing Committee had decided not to support the Maoist plan to replace the Army Chief by the second-in-command (Lt. Gen Khadka), but said the party would facilitate other options, also acceptable to the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC).
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