House session continues despite opposition’s protest; Discussion on govt.’s policies, programme on May 24

Kathmandu / May 21: A discussion will be held on the government’s policies and programmes for the coming fiscal year in the House of Representatives on May 24.

In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Speaker Devraj Ghimire shared that May 24 has been determined to hold a discussion on the government’s policies and programmes for the fiscal year 2024/25 and the Prime Minister would respond to the queries.

Sharing that discussion would be held on the policies and programmes on the basis of representatives of political parties, he urged the office-bearers of the concerned political parties to provide names of lawmakers putting forth their views on the policies and programmes at the House business section before the start of the meeting.

Similarly, those lawmakers willing to register amendment proposals on the policies and programmes should provide the information in the business section from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on May 22.

President Ramchandra Paudel presented the government’s policies and programmes for the coming fiscal year in the joint session of the Federal Parliament on May 14.

NC continues to obstruct parliamentary proceedings

Major opposition Nepali Congress (NC) continued its obstructions in the House today, too. The NC is protesting in the parliament demanding the formation of a parliamentary committee to probe the alleged misappropriation of the cooperative funds by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Rabi Lamichhane.

Once today’s session of the House of Representatives (HoR) commenced, NC lawmaker Badri Pandey announced the party won’t let the House run until the committee is formed with an agreement regarding its Terms of Reference. “The NC remains steadfast in its position until the situation is enabled for returning the savings to depositors.”

Home Minister Lamichhane is accused of embezzling a large funds of the cooperative when he was the managing director of the Gorkha Media and other people have been also accused of their involvement in such misappropriations lately, he said.

HoR passes vote of thanks to President Paudel

Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives has thanked President Ramchandra Paudel for his address to the joint session of the Federal Parliament.

The HoR meeting unanimously passed the proposal of a vote of thanks to the President for reading out the government’s policies and programmes in the joint session of the Federal Parliament on May 14. Speaker Devraj Ghimire presented the motion of thanks in the meeting.

“In accordance with Article 95 of the Constitution, this meeting of the House of Representatives extends vote of thanks to the President for his address to the joint session of the Federal Parliament on May 14”, reads the proposal.

After the President’s address, there was an agenda of presenting a proposal related to a vote of thanks from the HoR, but it was continuously affected due to NC’s obstruction.

Earlier in the meeting, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ had tabled a copy of the President’s address to the joint session of the Federal Parliament. The vote of thanks was passed amidst protests and slogans of the main opposition party, NC. RSS