The meeting of the state assembly could not be held for almost two months, the Congress is still out of government due to internal disagreements
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The annual session of the state assembly has been delayed due to the failure to expand the cabinet in Koshi. The Provincial Assembly, which was adjourned on June 8, has been stalled for almost two months. The government has been formed in the alliance of UML and Congress. But the Congress has not yet participated in the government due to the lack of internal cooperation.
The opposition party Maoist has drawn the attention of the Chief Minister and Speaker to start the meeting of the state assembly immediately. However, the Parliament is not likely to function until the Congress joins the government. "Parliament is unlikely to run until the ministers are decided by the Congress and participate in the government," said an employee of the Parliament Secretariat.
Last week, Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki also stated that it was not recommended to call the Parliament meeting due to the special request of the Congress. The Congress has not yet finalized the minister to join the government. Speaker Amber Bahadur Bista claimed that the government is not ready to start the parliament. "Until the government is ready, even if I just called it, it will not work," he said, "The Chief Minister is willing to call the House." However, there is a problem with Sahayatri Dal not agreeing.'
According to Speaker Bista, will the Congress be in the opposition or not? Where do you stay? It has not been decided where the seat planning will be done. According to him, even if the Maoists leave the government, they will not leave the power. "Even that matter is not settled," he said, "as soon as the Congress comes to power, it is certain that the parliament will be convened." According to the Provincial Parliament Secretariat, 62 meetings were held for 117 hours. Other than the budget, there was no specific discussion. Many bills have not been discussed during this period.
Indra Bahadur Angbo, the leader of the Maoist parliamentary party, commented that the rights of the citizens have been suppressed due to the inability to hold regular parliament meetings. He said that the implementation of the current budget, policies and programs has also been affected. Angbo said that because the platform for discussing the issues of citizens' concerns could not be operated, it was not possible to raise the problems such as natural calamities seen throughout the province.
He said that the Speaker's government looked like a helpless shadow and accused both the government and the Speaker of holding the Parliament hostage. "The government is holding the provincial assembly hostage and suppressing the people's voice, that is reprehensible," Angbo added, "The government and the speaker are blaming each other, it makes no sense." . Bills registered in Parliament are also pending. Even the special committees of the Parliament have not been able to find leadership yet. In Koshi, the chief minister has changed six times in 19 months. 43 MPs from major parties including UML, Congress, Maoists have become ministers. During that period, the council of ministers of the state government led by various parties has been expanded up to 13 times. Preparations for the expansion of the cabinet for the 14th time are in full swing.
