KATHMANDU: Lawmakers from both the ruling and the opposition have criticized the proposed Federal and Provincial Police Bill for making the chief district officers more powerful than the chief ministers, a report in Republica daily said.

The draft bill is against the spirit of the federalism as it has curtailed the rights of the provinces, lawmakers said during deliberations in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, according to the report.

Lawmaker slammed the government saying that the bill has entrusted more powers to the CDOs than to the chief ministers and internal affairs minister of the provinces.