Prime Minister Shah to answer MPs' questions within a week

Opposition parties are demanding that Speaker DP Aryal rule for the Prime Minister to be present.

Jestha 12, 2083

Jaya Singh Mahara

Prime Minister Shah to answer MPs' questions within a week

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Opposition parties are continuously raising their voices in the House of Representatives demanding that Prime Minister Balendra Shah answer the questions of the MPs. The opposition parties are demanding that Speaker DP Aryal rule for the Prime Minister to be present.

The House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday had to be adjourned after opposition parties obstructed the meeting by demanding that the Prime Minister be called to the House. After the opposition continued to obstruct, RSP Chief Whip Kabindra Burlakoti informed that the Prime Minister would answer the questions of the MPs within a week. 'I also spoke to the Prime Minister's Secretariat, in the meantime. We are all aware that this Parliament should find a solution and give results through principled discussions rather than debates,' Burlakoti said. 'Keeping that in mind, the Prime Minister will come to the House in order to take this discussion forward and I would like to inform the House that he will probably come to the House within a week.'

After the ruling party's chief whip's opinion came out, the opposition MPs had demanded a ruling on the same issue. Congress MP Abhishek Pratap Shah demanded a ruling in the name of the Prime Minister, asking the Speaker to be present to answer the MPs' questions. 'The ruling party's words were heard. It is surprising that you are the head of the House. The ruling party has given time for the Prime Minister to come. You have the right to rule. You have the right to rule on any minister, the Prime Minister. Who has stopped that right? This House wants to know,' Shah said, 'Who stopped you from exercising that right? Who stopped you? You cannot make the Prime Minister accountable to the House and the country wants to know this through Parliament. A specific date and time should be fixed and a ruling should be made.' Shah said that the Prime Minister should answer the questions raised in Parliament.

NCP's Pramesh Hamal said that the Speaker has not played the role as expected. 'We have not received the delivery as expected from the Speaker. We have demanded that the parliament should run in accordance with the constitution, laws and regulations to protect democracy. We have demanded accountability from the government,' Hamal said, 'The Prime Minister's role is expected to enhance the dignity of the sovereign parliament. Today too, he has made a commitment to the delegation of European countries that I will keep the values ​​and norms of democracy intact. That will be possible only after keeping the values, norms and processes of the parliament intact.'

Even though the Chief Whip of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Burlakoti said that the Prime Minister would come within a week, Hamal said that the Speaker should rule. 'What the Chief Whip of the ruling party says should be ruled from the Speaker's seat. Let the process of moving the parliament forward be facilitated through dialogue,' he said.

RPP whip Khushbu Oli said that the agreements made in the meeting convened by the Speaker and the agenda have not been implemented. 'When the ruling party (RSVP) was in the opposition, it was probably the most abused opposition in history. It is not at all appropriate for those who were abused to be abused like this,' she said, 'Now our agenda meeting and the meetings of the opposition ruling party have to be live. Because there is no such thing as honesty in politics. The things said there can change by the time they reach here.'

Speaker Aryal said that he did not rule for Prime Minister Shah to come to the House. He said that the Prime Minister is ready to come to the House and answer the questions of the MPs. 'The Prime Minister is ready to come to the House and answer the questions of the MPs. He is coming,' Speaker Aryal said, 'The Prime Minister will come to the House soon and answer the questions of the MPs.' The Speaker argued that the delay was due to the Prime Minister having to complete the process of correspondence and preparing to answer questions from MPs. 'The government may have its own preparations, the Prime Minister may have his own preparations. After the preparations, he will give me time, give me a date,' Aryal said, 'When I receive the date, I will make that date public. But what I am receiving now is that I will come to the House sooner and answer the questions raised by the members. That is what I am informing you about.'

In the first meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Speaker Aryal said that the Prime Minister should naturally come to Parliament. He had said, 'The MPs have a great desire that the date be announced through my mouth, you know. Your desire is also a natural process, I must do it. The Prime Minister should come naturally, he is coming, he is preparing to come,' he said.

Speaker Aryal had urged the opposition parties not to obstruct the lawmaking process as the Prime Minister was certain to come to the House. Earlier in the meeting, Chief Whip of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party, Kavindra Burlakoti, informed that Prime Minister Shah would come to the House within a week.

Prime Minister Shah had not answered the questions raised by the MPs on the policies and programs. In the past, it was the practice for the Prime Minister to answer the questions raised on the government's policies and programs, but this time it was Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle who gave the answers.

Similarly, the House of Representatives Rules stipulate that the Prime Minister should hold a question-and-answer session with MPs in the first week of every month. In case the first week could not be held, there was a provision to fix the date and time for the question-and-answer session in subsequent meetings. Prime Minister Shah did not hold a question-and-answer session with MPs in the first week of this month and the Speaker had also not fixed the time. Opposition parties had been obstructing the Parliament, demanding the implementation of the said provision of the rules.

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