The policy and program for the coming year presented by the government in the Lumbini State Assembly has been passed by a majority. The discussion on the policy program presented on May 5 started on Friday. Out of 87 members of the Provincial Assembly, 18 on Friday and 22 on Saturday, 40 participated in the two days.

The seventh meeting of the sixth state assembly lasted for 3 hours and 12 minutes on Friday. On Saturday, the policy program was passed by the majority after 3 hours and 50 minutes. 

Chief Minister Chetnarayan Acharya gave an answer after the discussion of the state assembly members. After the reply of the Chief Minister, Speaker Tularam Ghartimagar submitted a proposal that the next year's policy program should be passed. The members of the state assembly of the opposition party voted unanimously against the proposal. However, since the majority of the state assembly members of the ruling party have reached the majority, He announced that it had been passed.

In the meeting on Saturday, discussing the policies and programs of the government for the coming year, the leader of the main opposition party and former Chief Minister Jokh Bahadur Mahara said that it is good to read the policy program but it is disappointing when it is implemented. He also accused the government of misleading the state assembly members by promoting that the budget is decreasing by 7 billion for the coming year. 

"The government is telling the state assembly members that there is no budget, 7 billion is decreasing," he said, "That means the government is failing." We do not want the state government to fail. So don't do anything to be greedy.' 

While participating in the discussion of policies and programs, he suggested to the government to prevent leakages, irregularity and increase the scope of taxes. He said that the message that the provincial government will increase the size of the budget for the next year and reduce it to 50 billion is going to send a message that the condition of the province is getting worse.  Bhojprasad Shrestha, Raju Khanal, Krishnakusma Tharu, Chandrakesh Gupta, Indrakumari Gahatraj, Hemakumari Belbase, Devi Prasad Chaudhary, Janaki Neupane, Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary, Dilliraj Bhusal, Tara Thapa, Ambika Kafle, Rajuprasad Shrestha, Sushila Badi Nepali, Khadg Basnet, Yam Bahadur Nepali, Bhandarilal Ahir, Arjun Kumar KC, Lokikumari Vic, in

discussion. Dilkumari Budha, Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary participated. They said that the policy program is positive and suggested to the government to make the budget scientific and make maximum use of technology. 

Responding to the issues raised by the members of the state assembly and the leader of the opposition party, Chief Minister Chetnarayan Acharya went into the depth of the government's policy program for the coming year and gave creative suggestions, saying that the government accepted it as a success. 

He said that since the policy program is a guideline document of the government, the budget and program will be brought accordingly. The policy program is a document that guides the government. "However, not everyone can stick to it," he said, "we will try to address the suggestions received through the annual programs of the relevant ministries." He said that since the policy program is separate, specific, objective and based on reality, the government has prepared the next year's budget and program accordingly.