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CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that they will stand against the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in the Parliament.

Soon after tabling the MCC in the Parliament, Chairman Dahal took to the Twitter and said that the party and Parliamentary Party will stand against the MCC.

"The government tabled the MCC amid protest. Our party and Parliamentary Party will stand against the MCC in the Parliament," Dahal said.

He also condemned the government action against protesters in New Baneshwor.

Nepal has always been pursuing an independent, balanced and non-aligned foreign policy.

In pursuant to this policy, as a sovereign country, Nepal has accepted and utilized development assistance as per the national requirement and priority, read a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the media queries about the views appeared in various media on the Millennium Challenge Compact assistance to Nepal

Development assistance has played an important role in the building of infrastructures and development in Nepal.

The Government of Nepal remains grateful to our neighbors and those friends with whom Nepal has traditionally been enjoying strong partnership and cooperation as well as regional and multilateral development partners including the United Nations for their continued support to the socio-economic development of Nepal, the statement further read.

Nepal takes the decision to accept development assistance in terms of the country’s national interest and priority.

The sovereign parliament of Nepal alone decides what development assistance is needed in the best interest of Nepal and Nepali, the Ministry said.

The government tabled Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in the Parliament on Sunday, 32 months after it was registered in the Parliament Secretariat. 

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyandendra Bahadur Karki  on behalf of Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma tabled the $500 million compact in the Parliament this afternoon. 

Signed in September 2017, the MCC compact was registered in the Parliament in July 2019.

The next meeting of the Parliament has been scheduled for 1 pm on Thursday.

Three leaders of the CPN (Maoist Centre) expressed their dissatisfaction over the decision to table the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in the Parliament.

During a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee held on Sunday, Maoist Centre Chief Whip Dev Gurung, members Jayapuri Gharti and Rekha Sharma expressed their dissatisfaction over the decision to table the MCC in the Parliament .

They opined that the MCC should not be tabled in the Parliament until the parties forge a common ground on the issue.