”The Speaker did not respond to the serious opinion of the parliamentarians about the appointment of the governor and the alliance, nor did he defend the government.”
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The Congress Parliamentary Party on Saturday criticized the government for the delay in the appointment of the Governor of the National Bank. Suspecting that the government is delaying in order not to make the person proposed by the Congress as the governor, Congress MPs have expressed doubts about the role of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
After the resignation of Rashtra Bank's executive director Gunakar Bhatt was not accepted, the Congress has proposed the name of the former vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission and economist Vishwa Paudel as the governor.
Paudel has resigned as a member of the Governor's Recommendation Committee last Sunday. However, a week after his name was proposed, the process of appointing the governor has not started, due to which Congress MPs have doubts about the role of Prime Minister Oli.
Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who defended the government saying that the appointment of the governor is being delayed not because of Prime Minister Oli but because of the process of Rashtra Bank, did not give any response on Saturday. Congress MP Rajendra Bajgain said, "The Speaker did not respond to the serious views expressed by the parliamentarians about the appointment of the governor and the alliance, nor did they defend the government," said Congress MP Rajendra Bajgain, "He only gave a brief view on the budget." According to the legal provisions, a new governor should be appointed one month before the retirement of the governor, but it has not been done so far. A recommendation committee was formed on March 10 under the leadership of Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel. Former governor Vijayanath Bhattarai, who was a member of the committee, resigned after the dispute over the appointment of the governor. In his place, the outgoing Governor Adhikari has been appointed as a member.
Another member Poudel's name has been proposed for the governorship and he has also resigned.
He was a member on behalf of the expert. In his place, the cabinet meeting on Wednesday has already appointed former member of the National Planning Commission, Poshraj Pandey. Although the committee has been completed, Finance Minister Poudel, who is also the chairman of the recommendation committee, has not called the meeting.
Congress Parliamentary Party chief whip Shyam Ghimire said that although there was an agreement between Prime Minister Oli and Congress Chairman Deuba to make Poudel the governor, he was unaware of the delay in the appointment. "The parliamentarians have raised the issue of why the party meeting has been delayed," said Ghimire, "but I have not been able to understand why there is a delay."
Congress MP Hridayram Thani, on the one hand, questioned the top leadership of the government, saying that the government will enact a law to punish those who do not work within seven days. It seems that we have removed the Chief Justice and the head of the authority for disobeying the law. But, shouldn't the government do anything about the acting governor who is in the role of accepting the resignation?'' Thani's question was, 'Where did an employee get the power to overturn the government?'
MP Sarita Prasain drew the attention of the leadership saying that the Congress, which was the first party when it entered the government, is in danger of becoming the second by the time it exits. She warned Chairman Deuba not to trust too much saying that UML President and Prime Minister Oli is moving forward with plans to make his party bigger.
MPs have also demanded that the budget distribution for the new financial year should be proportionate and fair. The minister warned that if the budget is focused on his constituency and ignores other areas, the budget will not be passed. The parliamentarians were also dissatisfied with the policy decision taken by the government to give schemes of more than 3 crores to associations, provinces up to 10 crores and plans of less than that to the local level.
Congress MP and Deputy Prime Minister and Urban Development Minister Prakashman Singh said that from this time on, the policy of plans above 30 million from the Union government, 100 million from the state and below will be followed from the local level. It was seen that the opinion of the parliamentarians is that even the plan of 5/6 lakh should be removed from the union. However, since such plans are done only at the municipal level, the government brings the budget," said Singh. "The Union will only look at big plans, plans below 3 crores will be decided by the provinces and municipalities," he said.
