Parliament starts deliberations on government’s policies and programmes

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">Today's meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has started deliberations on the government policies and programmes for the fiscal 2017-18. President Bidya Devi Bhandari presented the policies and programmes at the parliament on Thursday.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p>Taking part in the deliberation, CPN-UML parliamentary party deputy leader Subas Chandra Nembang expressed happiness over the resumption of the parliamentary business while noting they wish to see the policy and programme of permanent government rather not of a caretaker.&nbsp;</p><p>Ram Narayan Bidari of CPN (Maoist Centre) accused the main opposition party, UML, of making mockery of parliamentary system and termed the government policy and programme scientific.&nbsp;</p><p>Kunti Kumari Shahi of Rastriya Prajatantra Party urged all political parties to cooperate to hold the second phase of local election and expressed her confidence that the peopled elected local representative could only cater to the people's need of sustainable development.&nbsp;</p><p>Kamal Pangeni of Nepali Congress called for the main opposition party to show positive gesture to endorse the constitution amendment bill which was brought to widen the acceptance of the constitution.&nbsp;</p><p>Prem Suwal of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, presenting an amendment proposal regarding the policies and programmes, demanded that policies and programmes should incorporate the issue of withdrawing the constitution amendment bill and of controlling corruption and price hike.</p><p>The amendment proposal had extended gratitude to the President. Durga Poudel of Rastriya Janamorch, presented an amendment proposal seeking the provision of acquisitioning personal land beyond the ceiling and distributing to landless.&nbsp;</p><p>The Legislature-Parliament shall meet again at 11am on May 28, tomorrow.</p>