Chief Secretary Eknarayan Aryal has maintained that the bill submitted by the government regarding the federal civil service should be passed. Raising questions on some amendments in the parliamentary committee, Chief Secretary Aryal said that the bill should be passed in the same form as the government had brought it.

The Federal Civil Bill is being discussed in the State System and Good Governance Committee under the House of Representatives. The civil bill was discussed in the committee on Friday. Participating in the discussion, Chief Secretary Aryal said that the committee should pass the submitted bill as there has already been sufficient consultation.

'The bill that the government has submitted, the bill has been brought after a series of discussions. We discussed with the experts, the government changed many times . High-level leaders of various parties were involved there, discussions were held with them . We have consulted with the Public Service Commission and it is okay,' he told the parliamentarians, 'institutionally one opinion will come, if another opinion comes personally, I have nothing to say but I have to defend as the chief secretary, the bill brought by the government should be passed.'

Chairman of the committee Ramhari Khatiwada said that the role of the parliamentary committee and the parliament should not be in the drafting of the bill. He asked Aryal that. "If what the government brought was to be passed immediately, there was no need to work so hard to bring it to the parliament and discuss it," the chairman said to the chief secretary. Chairman Khatiwada said that the chief secretary and secretaries were angry when the provision of cooling period was kept in the

bill. The chief secretary expressed his displeasure with the proposal to keep the cooling period to stop the trend of making political and constitutional appointments after the employees go on retirement. The chief secretary said that leaders should also have a cooling period. In response to that, Khatiwada said, 'You told the leaders what to wear, in 5 years we will go to the elections. People decide that. For us, the cooling period is the same, going among the people and asking for votes is the cooling period.'

Chief Secretary Aryal said that since the bill was brought after discussing with the leaders of all political parties and the party, it should not be amended based on the personal opinion of the MP. He also said that the MPs brought some good issues. "During the discussion, while the time has changed, some topics have been studied here, many good topics have also come up, some topics that have not reached our attention have also come up," he said. He argued that those matters brought by MPs can be included in the bill, but all the things amended by the committee cannot be accepted. 

Aryal questioned why the committee wanted to add an additional secretary saying that the exercise had failed. 'It came again now, we tried to bring it, what will it do now ? Has there been an impact on service delivery because there is no additional secretary?,' he asked.

Aryal asked the parliamentary committee not to be influenced and not to put personal interests in the bill. Arguing that if the personnel system is not strong, nothing will happen if other systems are strengthened, he asked the parliamentarians to take care of it . Aryal added that some parliamentarians may have to become veterinary staff, some engineers, revenue, computer operators and some may have to increase their age.