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A meeting of the Legislature-Parliament today accepted a bill tabled seeking consideration on the bill relating to fixation of the numbers of wards in rural municipalities and municipalities- 2073 BS by a majority.
Prior to this, taking part in the deliberations in the theoretical aspect of the bill, Nepali Congress lawmaker Mahesh Acharya insisted that the number of wards in rural municipal and municipal levels should be determined as per the constitutional provision and the local units should be empowered, he stressed.
Likewise, CPN (UML)'s Rewati Raman Bhandari said the bill was expected to be passed by the House before the government announcing a public notice regarding the restructuring of local units in the Nepal Gazette.
UML's another lawmaker Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel objected to the bill as he argued it is for changing the boundary at the local-level.
Nepal Worker and Peasants Party's Prem Suwal demanded to withdraw the bill.
Ramnarayan Bidari of CPN (Maoist-Centre) defending the bill, said the demand for its withdrawal is not logical as it could be revised.
The next meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has been scheduled for 13:00, March 19.
