The Provincial Assembly has been idle for almost a year as the government has failed to provide 'business'.
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The fifth meeting of the seventh session of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly is scheduled to be held at 1 pm today.
The seventh (winter) session of the Provincial Assembly began on Mangsir 8. The first meeting on Mangsir 8 ended with an exchange of greetings and reading out the letters from the provincial chief. However, it took almost 2 and a half months to hold the second meeting.
In the second meeting held on Magh 13, the government presented the bill related to Dalit rights, the bill related to the management and regulation of pesticides, and the bill related to the Lumbini Research and Training Institute, which was withdrawn by the provincial chief.
The third meeting held on Magh 14 and the fourth meeting held on Magh 20 had completed the theoretical discussion on the three bills and sent them to the relevant thematic committees for clause-wise discussion. All three bills are currently under discussion in the thematic committees. Since there were no other bills other than those, no further meetings have been held since Magh 20.
Two months after the fourth meeting, Speaker Tula Ram Gharti Magar informed Provincial Assembly Secretary Durlabh Kumar Pun that the fifth meeting will be held as per Sub-rule (3) of Rule 12 of the Provincial Assembly Rules 2079 BS.
He said that the possible agenda of today's meeting has also been decided. 'There is a possible agenda for the Provincial Assembly members to speak on contemporary issues at a special time, and to submit a proposal to send the bill to establish and operate Lumbini Pragya Pratishthan and the bill to amend the District Assembly and District Coordination Committee Operation Act, 2075 BS to the concerned committee for clause-wise discussion,' he said. 'If additional bills are registered by the government, they will be submitted in the next meeting.'
The Provincial Assembly has been idle for almost a year after the Lumbini Provincial Government failed to provide 'business'. Although the main responsibility is to discuss and pass bills, make laws and discuss important issues of public concern, and formulate policies, the Provincial Assembly has become ineffective due to the government's slow pace.
The Lumbini Provincial Assembly has held only 21 meetings in the past year. Of these, 17 meetings were held to discuss and approve the budget for the current fiscal year.
The first meeting of the sixth session of the Provincial Assembly was held on 2082 Baisakh 31. After that, 17 meetings held until Asad 18 presented, discussed and approved the budget for the current fiscal year. The sixth session, which was adjourned after the budget was approved on Asad 18, was ended by Province Chief Krishna Bahadur Gharti on the recommendation of the government from the night of Bhadra 31.
