The government has recommended to the President to convene the winter session of the Federal Parliament. After being criticized from all sides for trying to run the government by bringing an ordinance to not convene the Parliament session, the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday decided to recommend to the President Ramchandra Paudel for calling the session of both houses of the Federal Parliament.

Water Minister Pradeep Yadav informed that after 11 days, the Council of Ministers has decided to recommend to President Paudel to convene a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament on January 18th at 1 PM. Today's meeting of the Council of Ministers has recommended that the winter session of both houses of the Federal Parliament be convened for Friday, January 18 at 1 pm. The winter session, also known as the Bill Session, has been recommended by the Council of Ministers, so the President will call for it," Minister Yadav said.

There is a provision in Article 93 of the Constitution that the President calls a session of the Federal Parliament on the recommendation of the Cabinet meeting. In the same article, it is mentioned that the time between the end of one session and the calling of another session should not exceed 6 months. This time, the government has recommended to convene the winter session after 4 months and 18 days. Earlier, the budget session ended on August 31. Last year, the budget session ended on November 15, 2080, and the winter session was called on January 22.

The government has brought 6 ordinances in the meantime. An ordinance on the same title was issued by writing a letter to withdraw the bill that was under discussion in the parliamentary committee. The government has issued an ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts related to the promotion of good governance and public service delivery, Economic Procedures and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, Privatization (First Amendment) Ordinance, an ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts related to economic and business environment improvement and investment promotion, land related 6 ordinances have been issued in the meantime, including an ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts and an ordinance to amend some Nepal Acts related to cooperatives. Among these, the bill of the Economic Procedure and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance under the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives has been withdrawn.

The opposition parties have been pressuring to call the session of the parliament after the government brought the general law through an ordinance, wrote a letter to withdraw the bill that was under discussion and brought an ordinance etc. The opposition parties had also warned that they would call a special session if the government did not convene a session. The opposition parties issued a joint statement and said, 'We believe that the trend of abusing the state agencies, circumventing the parliament and making political decisions and operations in a biased manner will ultimately bring a crisis to democracy and the rule of law. We strongly condemn the move of bypassing the parliament to fulfill the vested interests of the government and the far-reaching future of the nation through an ordinance.'' Samajwadi, Rashtriya Janamorcha, Aam Janata Party and Nepal Samajwadi Party (Mahindra Rai Yadav) were there.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had a discussion with Sher Bahadur Deuba, the chairman of the ruling Congress, the largest party in the Parliament, on Monday morning as the time to convene the Parliament session drew near. After that he also consulted with Speaker Devraj Ghimire. In this meeting held at the Prime Minister's residence, Baluwatar, Oli discussed the calling of the Parliament session and the "business" of the Parliament.

Important bills are currently pending in Parliament. According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the House of Representatives is currently considering the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (Third Amendment) Bill, Prevention of Corruption (First Amendment) Bill, Construction Materials (Management and Regulation) Bill, and a bill to regulate the formation, operation and conditions of service of the Federal Civil Service. These bills are being discussed in the State System and Good Governance Committee. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee has the School Education Bill and the Shahid Dashrath Chand Health Sciences University Bill, while the Finance Committee has the Securities (First Amendment) Bill, Safe Transactions (First Amendment) Bill, Banks and Financial Institutions (First Amendment) Bill and the Customs Bill under consideration. are By withdrawing the Economic Procedure and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Bill, the government has introduced an ordinance. The Water Resources Bill and the Electricity Bill are under consideration in the Infrastructure Development Committee. A bill to amend some Nepal Acts is under consideration in the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, while the Electronic Business Bill is under discussion in the Industry and Commerce and Labor and Consumer Affairs Committee.

Similarly, the Legislation Management Committee under the National Assembly has Tilganga Eye University Bill, Nepal Law Practitioners Council (Second Amendment) Bill, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Bill and Media Council Bill. Recently, the government has registered the Watercraft (Operation and Management) Bill and the National Forensic Science Laboratory (Establishment and Operation) Bill. Ordinances introduced by the government in the meantime have to be submitted in the first session of the Parliament, and there is a legal obligation to pass the replacement bill within 60 days. Since last year, the pre-budget discussion has started in the winter session itself, so it is believed that this practice will continue this time as well. Political parties and Parliament Secretariat believe that there will be no shortage of business if pre-budget discussions are held in the winter session.

Federal Parliament Spokesperson Ekram Giri informed that there is enough business in the Parliament. He also said that the secretariat is ready for the meetings of both houses of the Parliament. Bills called business in the winter session. Reports of some bills have been prepared by the committees. The Finance Committee, the State Administration Committee have finalized some bills. The Legislation Management Committee of the National Assembly has also submitted the reports of 2 bills to the Speaker, Giri said, "There are also reports of some constitutional bodies for the business of the winter session of the Parliament.