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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said commitments made before the Parliament are being implemented in a planned way.

In today's meeting of the Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Dahal shared that activities are underway in good governance, social justice and prosperity sectors with priority as per the government's roadmap.

"It has been easier to get different services including citizenship certificate, passport, national identity card, no-objection certificate due to improvement made in different sectors as per the determination of making the country line-free in the context of providing public service", he underscored.

PM Dahal explained that supply of chemical fertilizer has been guaranteed as per the commitment made before the Parliament and improvement has been made in the distribution system.

Sharing that activities to send textbooks in all districts on time have been started this year too as like in the previous academic session, he opined that dues of sugarcane farmers have already been paid and dairy farmers have started getting their dues.

PM Dahal further said 'Hello Sarkar' has been brought into operation round the clock to address the complaints of citizens effectively, sharing that 'time card' has been brought into practice in government services for the guarantee of easy and smooth public service and it would be expanded in all districts gradually.

"The government’s commitment to provide citizenship to those Nepali citizens deprived of it has been implemented within the six months of the assurance," Prime Minster Dahal said, adding that the government is working on the draft to have legal provisions to ensure the franchise of Nepali residing abroad.

 Stating that he has been announcing that the establishment of good governance remains the priority of the government from the parliament, the Prime Minister said," The government implements a policy of zero tolerance against corruption."        As he said, with the realization that correction should begin within the self, the quota at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has been deducted and the entity has been restructured.

Amidst this period, the government has launched investigations into the fake Bhutanese refugees, gold smuggling, Lalita Niwas, and the Bansbari land grab cases seriously and efforts have started yielding results, according to him. 

Collections of applications and the entry of data have been almost completed to address the issues of landless people and the process of presenting bills in the parliament to revise some laws requiring to provide them land has neared the final phase.

Some of the concerns raised by lawmakers over the social justice sectors have been addressed. "The victims of usury have been served justice," he added.

In the course of the government's efforts to conclude the remaining affairs of the peace process, a bill about transitional justice has been already registered in the parliament and the government commitments about disaster management are in the process of getting fulfilled.

"Especially dengue, lumpy skin and bird-flu-like pandemic diseases have been skillfully managed. The government has taken an exemplary initiative in the rescue, relief, and rehabilitation during the Jajarkot and Bajhang earthquakes. It has been ensured that the remaining reconstruction works will be completed on time," he said.

On the occasion, PM Dahal insisted that the policies and programs, and the budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be objective, implementable and production-centered in line with people's aspirations. He added that the budget will be allocated in a way that the people's problems are resolved.

According to him, the government under his leadership has from the very beginning taken initiatives for resolving the problems of the people victimized by the micro-finances and the cooperatives as well as for addressing the livelihood issues.

He also stated that some signs of improvement have been seen in the economy of late. Stating that there has been improvement in public finances, revenue and capital expenditure, the PM reiterated the government is carrying out works for bringing improvement in the overall economic indicators by formulating an action plan.

Prime Minister Dahal stressed that the government has initiated a campaign of corruption control by promoting good governance. He said necessary laws are in the process of formulation aimed at federalism implementation. In this connection, preparation is being made to table the Federal Police Bill in Parliament.

PM Dahal also reminded that problems related to federalism implementation have been resolved by convening the meeting of the Inter-Province Council twice after the formation of the government under his leadership.

The Nepali Congress has decided to field Dambar Bahadur Khadka in Ilam-2 for the by-election to be held on April 27.

A Central Work Execution Committee meeting held at party President Sher Bahadur Deuba's residence in Budhanilkantha on Thursday decided to field Khadka in Ilam-2 for the by-election, Publicity Department Chief Min Bahadur Bishwokarma said.

Similarly, the meeting has decided to field Abhisekh Bahadur Singh in Bajhang, he informed.

Singh is the son of late Congress lawmaker Prithvi Bahadur Singh.

The by-election is going to be held in Bajhang after Singh, the Law Minister of Sudurpaschim Province, passed away on June 20.

Ilam's candidate Khadka had lost to CPN-UML candidate Subash Chandra Nembang in the election held in 2022.

Lumbini Province Chief Minister Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary resigned from his post on Thursday.

Chaudhary announced his resignation during a meeting of the Lumbini Province Assembly held today.

On the occasion, he thanked everyone who supported him during his tenure.

Chief Minister Chaudhary fell into minority after the CPN (Maoist Center) withdrew support to the government with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal changing the power equation.

The government has hinted that it would not form a parliamentary committee to probe fraud charges against Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.

At a time when the main opposition Nepali Congress is giving an ultimatum to form the parliamentary probe committee, the government has said that it does not see that situation.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology and government spokesperson Rekha Sharma said that sufficient evidence has not been found against the home minister to prove him guilty in the cooperative scam.

“Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the home minister themselves have expressed their views on the demand raised by the Nepali Congress, " she said.

The Congress has been obstructing the Parliament proceedings demanding formation of the parliamentary committee to probe charges against Home Minister Lamichhane for the past one month.

The party has been saying that it would not allow the House to proceed with its business until such a panel is formed.