The bill on Dalit rights and pesticide management and regulation is being tabled, and the bill on research and training institutions is under theoretical discussion for reconsideration.
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Two bills were presented in the second meeting of the winter session of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly held on Tuesday.
On behalf of the government, Social Development Minister Janmajya Timilsina has submitted a bill to the provincial assembly for discussion on the rights of Dalits. Similarly, Health Minister Khem Saru has submitted a bill to the assembly to make provisions for the management and regulation of pesticides in the province. Similarly, the bill to make provisions for the Lumbini Research and Training Institute, which was returned for reconsideration from the office of Provincial Chief Krishna Bahadur Gharti Magar, has been re-submitted for discussion.
On behalf of the government, Physical Infrastructure Development Minister Bhumishwar Dhakal had submitted the bill. Speaker Tula Ram Gharti Magar had presented a principled proposal on the bill for decision. After the proposal for a principled discussion on the bill was passed based on a voice vote, Tulsiram Sharma had suggested the bill.
Minister Dhakal had replied that the bill was brought to understand the possibilities of various areas of the province by researching them and making laws to implement them. The government had returned the bill with suggestions as it seemed to need some modifications, and after the government considered it and submitted its reply in principle, it was informed in the assembly that 72 hours had been provided for the amendments to the bill.
According to Lumbini Provincial Assembly Law Deputy Secretary and Spokesperson Lokmani Pandey Pandey, in the second meeting on Tuesday, Speaker Gharti informed that Dhan Bahadur Maski of the NCP elected from the then Maoist Center from Dang 3 (2), Krishna KC elected from Banke 1 (1), Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary of the Civil Liberator elected from Bardiya 2 (2), and Kanhaiya Baniya of the Democratic Socialist Party elected from Rupandehi 4 (1) had resigned from their posts as provincial assembly members and that the four posts were vacant. All four have left the provincial assembly and become candidates for the House of Representatives. With the four posts vacant, the 87-member provincial assembly now has 83 members.
During the special session of the meeting, Janmat Party's Chandrakesh Gupta, RPP's Mina Kumari Shrestha, Congress' Loki Kumari BK and CPN-UML's Bishnu Prasad Panthi spoke. They complained that the government had set criteria while preparing the budget, but the budget was not prepared according to those criteria.
Provincial Assembly members also complained that division offices were making arbitrary decisions on the budget allocated by the government. They suggested that the provincial government was like a prisoner of indecision and that the government, which the people had hoped and trusted, should realize its responsibility towards the people. The third meeting of the seventh session of the Provincial Assembly will be held on Tuesday.
