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Army won't be mobilised: Govt spokesman
Minister for Information and Communications Technology Sherdhan Rai has said that the Army will not be mobilised to control the ongoing Tarai protests.Minister for Information and Communications Technology Sherdhan Rai has said that the Army will not be mobilised to control the ongoing Tarai protests.
Talking in a face to face programme organised by the Rafat Sanchar Club on Tuesday, Minister Rai, who is also the government spokesman, clarified that the government would not mobilise the army unless the critical situation was seen in the county. "However, if the situation is a threat to national security, the army could be mobilised as per the constitution," he added.
Minister Rai further said that the Tarai protest would not be controlled by mobilising the army and through unnecessary administrative coercion as well.
He informed that the government has not concluded that the nation is going towards emergency, however, it is preparing to issue white paper about the problem seen in the national economy.
Similarly, Minister Rai urged the protesting parties to find out the political solution through dialogues as unofficial border blockade and violence in Tarai has created shortage which has led the country towards humanitarian crisis.
He informed that the government has urged India to remove border blockade as the government is ready to sort out the internal problems through dialogues.
Leader Rai said that the government is committed to control black marketing that is prevailing in the country following the restrictions on goods on the Nepal-India border, adding that the government is working to make easy supply of essentials through the adoption of all alternative means available.
Likewise, on a different context, Minister Rai said that the government is working to amend the constitution and have the reconstruction bill passed through the parliament within November 26.
He, however, said that any activities that would go against the spirit of the constitution would be intolerable to the government and that the government and all citizens should unite against it.
Saying that the government was working to implement the Working Journalist Act, he said that he would do his best to have the recommendation by the Minimum Wages Fixation Committee on minimum wages to working journalists that was submitted to the government earlier, passed through the Cabinet.
"The scheme for working journalist's insurance would be implemented this month. The government is ready to sort out problems surfaced in media," he added.