The UML, which is leading the government, has submitted a proposal in the National Assembly to remove the 'cooling off period' from the Federal Civil Service Bill. The UML parliamentarians have put a collective resolution on the bill and said that 'cooling off period' should be removed.

Under the leadership of UML's Chief Whip Gopal Bhattarai, MPs Sonam Gelzen Sherpa, Sumitra Bisi, Indira Devi Gautam, Rukmani Koirala put together a provision to remove 'cooling off period'. In section 82 (4) of the bill, the state administration committee had arranged for a 'cooling off period'.

In the National Assembly, the MPs of the UML have filed an amendment proposal to remove the provision added by the State Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives on the Civil Bill. There is an amendment made by the UML MPs in section 82 of 'Removing point number 4 of the report of the House of Representatives State System and Good Governance Committee'. By a unanimous decision, the State Administration Committee made a provision in Section 82 (4) of the Bill on Civil Service that 'an employee who has resigned or retired from civil service or other government service shall not be appointed to any constitutional or government post before the completion of two years from the date of retirement' .

Congress has proposed that the system of cooling off period passed by the State Affairs Committee should be kept for 2 years . The main opposition Maoist Center has filed an amendment proposal to maintain a cooling off period of three years.

Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, who is leading the civil service, along with Secretary General Padma Prasad Pandey of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the secretaries of the Nepal government opposed the provision. Some leaders of UML also opposed the arrangement. In the

bill, the provision passed by the committee was broken and another provision was kept intact in the report. Section 82 (5A) states that no appointment can be taken except for constitutional or diplomatic appointments and any other appointments made by the Government of Nepal in order to break the 'cooling off period' arrangement. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives with the report of the committee. The House of Representatives has formed an inquiry committee under the chairmanship of Congress MP Jeevan Pariyar after the provision was made that the provisions passed by the