Deliberations on the government’s policies and programmes for the fiscal year 2019/20 have begun in the National Assembly (NA) from today.
In today’s meeting of the NA, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli presented the proposal to commence deliberations on the government policies and programs for fiscal year 2019/20 presented in the joint meeting of the both houses of the Federal Parliament on May 3 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
In the beginning of the deliberations, major opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentarian Radheshyam Adhikari said that the government should be ready to consider an amendment proposal submitted by the NC to revise the proposed policies and programs from 3 to 215 points.
Stating that the policy was tacit about implementation of fundamental rights, Adhikari claimed that new policies and programs had not clarified about the authority of the governments at all three levels.
Questioning the government about coordination between the provinces for river diversion programs included in the policies and programs, he blamed the government for its ineffective roles in tackling gold smuggling cases, encroachment on Baluwatar land, irregularities surrounding the wide-body aircraft among other cases of emblements and wrongdoings.
Demanding the answer about which part of the East-West railway pledged to be built by the incumbent government would be constructed first, the parliamentarian viewed that President Bidya Devi Bhandari was unnecessarily dragged to controversy due to her mention ‘My government’ while presenting the policies and program recently.
Similarly, Rastriya Janata Party ( RJP) Nepal’s Brijesh Chandra Lal, briefing the meeting about the amendments presented by his party on the policies and programs, demanded an amendment in the constitution to increase its acceptance. Lal urged the government to address the prospect of violence in the country although, he commented, the policies and programs had mentioned about violence been ended in Nepal. He also questioned about the existence and efficiency about the Authority formed to provide relief to the people, especially in Tarai, who are hit hard by flood and inundation annually during the monsoon.
RJP Nepal’s Ramesh Prasad Yadav argued that it was an irony for the government to claim in the policies and programs that the constitution was accepted by one and all. He also demanded its revision.
Altogether 10 parliamentarians had registered three amendment to the policies and programs.
