Due to the failure of the sports council, the date of the national sports has been repeatedly shifted and the construction of the stadium has also been hindered.
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The Karnali State Public Service Commission and the Karnali State Sports Development Council have been without a leader for almost 7 months due to the disagreement between the ruling party UML and the Congress. The commission has been without a chairman since December 3 last year, while the council has been without an officer since December 6.
The Commission became leaderless after the then Chairman Ram Prasad Upadhyay retired due to age limit of 65 years. Purnaman Shrestha, secretary of the commission, said that since the post of the chairman of the commission was vacant for a long time, he had to face policy problems. "We are working according to the annual action plan in terms of filling posts," he said, "but there have been problems in various policy decisions." Although the term of office of the chairman of the commission is 6 years, Upadhyay retired after 4 years due to age limit, while Khadka, who was appointed along with him, has also retired. Bhakta Bahadur Dhakal was appointed as a member by the state government in May 2081 in place of Khadka. Currently, Member Singh is holding the responsibility of Acting President . She is the wife of Congress Parliamentary Party Leader Jeevan Bahadur Shahi.
Similarly, the sports council has been running for 7 months under the authority of ex-officio officials, while the responsibility of daily operations has been given to Ramprasad Upadhyay, senior education officer of the Ministry of Social Development. The tenure of the office bearers including the then member secretary Vishwamitra Sanjyal ended on December 6 last year . Volleyball coach Sudhir Shah said that the date of the 10th National Games scheduled to be held in Karnali has been postponed due to lack of necessary preparations after the council did not complete. According to him, the work and payment of the state stadium has also been affected.
In Section 8 of the Sports Development Act, 2076, provision is made in Section 12 for the appointment or nomination of officials or members. For this, the Ministry of Social Development has made a legal provision to form a three-member recommendation committee including the secretary of the ministry and two other experts in the relevant field designated by the ministry to recommend the appointment of the member-secretary of the council. There is a provision to appoint a suitable person from the provincial government as member secretary from at least 3 persons recommended by the recommendation committee.
for which the Ministry of Social Development had appointed Padma Bahadur Khadka, treasurer of Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) and Ganesh Kumar Karki, former secretary of Karnali Pradesh Football Association, as expert members for the appointment of Member Secretary of Provincial Sports Development Council on June 14. Expert member Karki said that the process has not started even after almost two months of the formation of the committee. According to him, the meeting of the committee could not be held as the Ministry of Social Development is without a secretary. The secretary of the ministry, Arjun Gautam, went on leave in the second week of July and the secretary is vacant.
Expert member Karki said it will take at least one month for the appointment of council officers. "For the appointment of office bearers, the Cabinet will appoint the office bearers only after a week of call for applications, work plan presentation, interview and recommendation of the committee," he said, "it will take at least one month."
Citizen leader Narendra KC said that the appointment is being delayed because both parties are claiming in both the commission and the council. "The leaders of both parties want both appointments to be made from their quotas," he said.
Chief Minister Yamlal Kandel is from UML, while Social Development Minister Ghanshyam Bhandari (Congress) is handling the responsibility of the council's departmental ministries. The Congress is trying to make the appointment of the agencies under the ministries it handles from its quota. Government spokesperson Vinod Kumar Shah said that he was unaware of both the appointments. Congress chief whip Hikmat Bahadur Bista informed that although the matter of both appointments is being discussed, it has not been finalized.
