KATHMANDU: Deliberations on the policy and programs of Lumbini Province unveiled for the upcoming fiscal year completed on Friday.
In the Provincial Assembly (PA) meeting, the ruling parties’ lawmakers termed the policy and program more balanced while the opposition members argued that the government failed to present relevance of the policy and program.
However, opponent lawmakers except the whip of the major opposition party had skipped the PA meeting while Province Chief Dharmanath Yadav was presenting the policy and program of the Lumbini Province on June 8.
Speaking at the PA meeting Friday, Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary party’s whip Phakaruddin Khan said that the government should bring the new budget to justify the relevance of policy and program. Khan also said that the opponent parties were always supportive to the government for stability and sustainable development of the province but added that the provincial government was still not visible.
Likewise, PA member Bhimshwor Chaudhary opined that the policy and program has not incorporated the issues of daily wage earners who are severely impacted due to COVID-19. However, PA members Dipendra Pun Magar, Shankar Giri, Tej Bahadur Oli, Tula Ram Gharti Magar and others claimed that the policy and program was being more politicized.
Ruling party’s lawmaker Tulasi Prasad Chaudhary, however, said that the policy and program has incorporated the issues of education, health care, agriculture, physical infrastructure development and all others, and stated that the budget will be brought on the same basis.
Also taking part in the deliberations, Than Kumari Thapa, Bimala Panthi and Kamala BK said that the policy and program will encourage the youth since it is focused on professional and employment-generating education.
Earlier, the PA passed a motion on vote of thanks to the Province Chief on behalf of the government for tabling the policy and program.
The next meeting of the province assembly is scheduled to be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday.
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