Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Lamichhane said that the decision has been made to give the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee to the Nepali Congress in accordance with the spirit of the constitution.
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Will the Congress get the chairman of the Accounts Committee? There was such a special atmosphere in the Congress circle since the morning of the nomination of the parliamentary committee. Because as early as 10 am, the news came out that the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee was being given to the Shram Sanskriti Party. Immediately, Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC actively started the initiative. On his initiative, a meeting of the opposition parties was held at the parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar.
UML MPs Padma Aryal, Guru Baral, NCP's Barshaman Pun and Yubaraj Dulal participated in the meeting. Bhishma Angdembe, Mohan Acharya and other leaders were present from the Congress along with KC.
While the meeting was going on, there was also talk that RSP President Ravi Lamichhane had already agreed to give the chairman to the RPP. On the other hand, news was coming in that Prime Minister Balendra Shah wanted to give the chairman to the Shram Sanskriti Party and Lamichhane wanted to give it to the RPP. Then, a Congress leader who was present at the meeting called up RPP parliamentary party leader Gyan Bahadur Shahi and asked - 'Is the RPP sure to support you as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee?' Shahi said that he was unaware of this.
The Congress leader said, 'The Public Accounts Committee is a global recognition that the main opposition party will get. The Congress will nominate accordingly, you should cooperate.' Three Congress leaders who participated in this discussion told us about the confusion in this process and the latest results.
The leader then called RPP President Lamichhane several times, but he did not pick up the phone. Then the Congress leader had a conversation with the Prime Minister's political advisor Asim Shah. The Congress leader said, 'The entire treasury of the government is in the hands of the ruling party. To balance it, the Public Accounts Committee should be given to the main opposition party. When the RSP supports the main opposition, it sends a good message.'
Shah said that he would discuss it with the Prime Minister and provide information. After some time, the message that the Prime Minister is positive, talk to the party president once reached the Congress leader through his advisor. Even after that, Lamichhane did not pick up the phone when he called him repeatedly. In the opposition party meeting, the Congress proposed to nominate a candidate for the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee and all parties would support it, which the UML and the NCP accepted.
If the RSP ignores the main opposition, it was also decided that one party each would nominate a candidate for the chairmanship of at least three committees. Accordingly, it was decided that the Congress would nominate a candidate for the Public Accounts Committee, the UML for the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, and the NCP for the Public Hearing Committee.
Earlier, representatives of the three parties had reached Speaker DP Aryal's secretariat from the Congress Parliamentary Party office to discuss it with the Speaker. At the same time, information was received that the Public Accounts Committee chairperson would be given to the Congress. Then the Congress nominated MP Bharat Bahadur Khadka as the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee.
A Congress leader said, 'As we understand it, the Prime Minister wanted to give it to the Shram Sanskriti Party, while the party president wanted to give it to the RPP as compensation for the deputy speaker. It seems that an understanding was finally reached to give it to the Congress amidst the different desires between the two parties.'
After the nomination, RPP President Lamichhane told reporters that the decision to give the Public Accounts Committee chairperson to the Congress was made in accordance with the spirit of the constitution. He said, 'Sometimes you have to look at the spirit of the constitution. The spirit of the constitution is that the Public Accounts Committee should be given to the main opposition party, not written in it. Democracy has its own foundations, and they should not be exceeded except in special circumstances. It should go to the main opposition party that the people trusted after us!'
