<p>CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that various elements are working to incite conflict among the Nepalis for fulfilling their short-term interests. </p><p>Addressing a gathering of party cadres in Dhangadi today, the former Prime Minister said though social cohesion and national harmony is the need of the hour, external forces are trying to create conflict in the name of ethnicity, religion, language and territory. <br><br>Nobody has the right to intervene in the internal affairs of Nepal, he said. </p><p>UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal said as the matter of amendment of the constitution is an internal affair of Nepal, any outside influence will be rejected.<br><br><br></p>

<p>CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged the party cadres to defend the government and party, which, he said, are being attacked from all quarters. </p><p>At a training organised by the All Nepal National Independent Students' Union (Revolutionary) in the capital today, PM Dahal expressed worry over the premeditated attack against the party through the social media. <br><br>CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Dahal shared that the government has launched a campaign for poverty alleviation. </p><p>Similarly, leader Narayankaji Shrestha, said that reunion and transformation is necessary in the party while another leader Ram Bahadur Thapa pointed out the need of a new communist party in the country. <br><br><br></p>

<p>Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said Nepal and his party is firm on the 'one-China' policy. <br><br>The former Prime Minister who returned home today after attending a programme of the India Foundation held in Goa, India, said, Tibet is the integral part of China and he&nbsp; too, individually is firm on one China policy.<br><br>&nbsp;He said this while talking to media persons upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport from New Delhi. During his India visit, he held high- level meetings with Indian leaders in New Delhi.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Expressing his displeasure at some of the Nepali media for what he said their disseminating false reports regarding his statements at the Goa event, he said he had no such meeting with any person against the one-China policy, contrary to the media reports.<br><br>He briefed the media his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on further consolidating the bilateral ties and on Nepal's ongoing post- earthquake rebuilding efforts. He said he found that Modi has a high-level of goodwill towards Nepal. <br><br>On the occasion, the Indian Prime Minister suggested Nepal for involving ex-Gurkhas who as described by him are honest and responsible towards works in the reconstruction efforts. &nbsp;<br><br>He apprised Prime Minister Modi that Nepal is making efforts to forge a political consensus so as to make the constitution that is in the enforcement process all-acceptable.<br><br></p>

<p>Various six political parties, including the main opposition CPN (UML), submitted a memorandum to the District Development Committee, opposing the decision made on November 7 by the Local Body Restructuring Technical Committee, Jhapa in relation to the demarcation of the boundaries of local bodies. <br><br>The parties demanded that eight municipalities and three village bodies be formed against the decision of the committee to increase the local bodies (up to 15 bodies). They said the decision was taken in their absence. <br><br>The note was signed by district leaders of the UML, Naya Shakti Nepal, Sadbhawana Party, CPN (ML), Rastriya Janashakti Party and CPN (Samyukta). <br><br><br></p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stated that Nepal's foreign policy embodies the sentiments of 'friendship towards all and enmity towards none.'<br><br>Inaugurating the one-day 'Trans-Himalayan Cooperation beyond Trilateral Discourse' seminar organized by the Development Institute (DI) in Kathmandu today, PM Dahal reassured that the friendship, trust and mutual understanding are the basic principles of the country's foreign policy.<br><br>Underscoring the need for connectivity from Kailash Manasarovar to Pashupatinath to Lumbini and Varanasi to promote religious tourism, PM Dahal called for the trans-Himalayan cooperation for the same. <br><br>The PM argued, "From the business perspective, Nepal could serve as an important transit corridor for which investment in infrastructure build-up such as development of multilane highways and railways connecting the economic giants as India and China should be emphasized.<br><br>Reiterating his effort towards forwarding trilateral cooperation among Nepal, India and China, PM Dahal stated that the sole aim of the trans-Himalayan cooperation is to pursue collaborative development projects.<br>Similarly, CPN (UML)'s secretary Pradeep Gyawali insisted on developing Kathmandu as a trade transit point between India and China. <br>Nepali Congress leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat pointed out the need for establishing political stability along with the enforcement of the new constitution for the promotion of trade. &nbsp;<br><br>Institute Chair Bharat Mohan Adhikari said Nepal could reap benefits from its potential areas such as cash crops, cultural and recreational tourism, hydro and Himalayan water resources. <br>&nbsp;<br><br></p>