far west The Nepali Congress has urged the Social Development Committee to finalize the bill which is under discussion on a quarterly basis and move the process forward.
Congress Provincial Assembly Parliamentary Leader Kamal Bahadur Shah has discussed with the Chairman of the Committee Dharmaraj Pathak today and emphasized that the discussion process on the bill which has been pending for a long time should be completed and submitted to the Provincial Assembly immediately.
Outgoing Chief Minister Shah said that the government under his leadership had registered the bill in the Provincial Assembly Secretariat and brought it to the attention of the Speaker as he was interested in the bill under discussion in the committee. The government under his leadership registered the ‘Bill to make arrangements regarding Tikapur Science and Technology University’ on 3rd Chait 2081 and the ‘Bill to make arrangements regarding the protection and development of Barghar and Bhalmansa customs in Sudurpaschim Province’ on 21st May 2082 in the Provincial Assembly Secretariat.
After these two bills did not move forward in the process of the House for a long time, the leader of the Parliamentary Party Shah reminded that the Parliamentary Party meeting on 17th Baisakh had immediately submitted them to the House and brought the discussion process to the Speaker’s attention.
“Both bills were tabled in the second meeting of the eighth session of the Provincial Assembly on June 11th. After the general discussion in the Provincial Assembly on June 20th, they were sent to the Social Development Committee for discussion on June 26th”, he said.
It is reported that Chairman Pathak also agreed to prioritize the bills related to public interest and long-term development of the province as the legislative performance and parliamentary process of the provincial assembly will be questioned if the bills are stopped in the committee for a long time.