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CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has demanded fair and impartial investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. Speaking at a House meeting on Sunday, Oli expressed his suspicion that attempts are being made to protect the culprits in the case. “Attempts are being made to protect the culprits and frame the innocent,” he said, adding, “Investigation should be carried out in a fair manner and action should be taken against the guilty.” The former prime minister said that police should be allowed to investigate the incident impartially. Why were those arrested on the basis of complaints filed earlier were released? he questioned. “Police did not release them. They were forced to free them. Do not dare to cover-up the issue,” Oli warned. So far 16 individuals including former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, former home minister Bal Krishna Khand, secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, former lawmaker Angtawa Sherpa and Nepal Haj Committee Chairman Shumsher Miya have been arrested.

The House of Representatives (HoR), lower house of the Federal Parliament, has started deliberations on the policies and programs of the government. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal presented a proposal in the meeting of the lower house today seeking the initiation of deliberations on the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2023/24. President Ram Chandra Paudel addressed the joint meeting of both houses of the federal Parliament on May 19 and read out the government's policies and programs.  

The government has announced plans to revive the three defunct state-owned industries. Presenting the government’s policies and programs in the Parliament on Friday, President Ram Chandra Paudel said that the government is planning to re-operate Hetauda Kapada Udhyog, Gorakhali Rubber Udhyog and Butwan Dhago Karkhana. President Paudel said that the government is also planning to form a high-level study committee to study the operation, integration and management of industries that have been closed for a long time. The government is planning to revive the sick industries in cooperation and partnership with the private sector. Likewise, the President said that the government will provide certain resources for the cost of construction of goods and transmission lines for the industry.    

President Ram Chandra Paudel presented the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2023/24 in the federal Parliament on Friday. President Paudel read out the policies and programs in the joint meeting of both the houses of the federal Parliament in the Parliament Building in New Baneshwor this afternoon. At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal handed over a copy of the policies and programs to the President. As per the constitutional provision, the President shall address either a meeting of any House or a joint sitting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament and summon the lawmakers. This is the first address to the Parliament after Paudel was elected to the post of the President. In the countries having parliamentary democracy, there is a practice of presenting the government's annual policies and programs in the federal Parliament and the Parliament passing the same after deliberations on them. Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister Dahal, Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki, leaders of various political parties, heads and representatives of constitutional bodies, high-ranking government officials, heads of the Nepal-based diplomatic missions and distinguished persons from various walks of life were present in the parliament. Before this, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, the National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, the Deputy Speaker Indira Rana Magar welcomed the President to the Parliament building. A contingent of the Nepali Army offered a guard of honor to the President on the occasion. The President reached the Parliament Building in a cavalcade. The House of Representatives and the National Assembly will hold their separate meetings today itself after the joint meeting is over. The Prime Minister will table a copy of the President's address to the joint sitting in the separate meetings as well. Both houses of the federal Parliament will deliberate on the government's policies and programs for some days beginning Sunday. The Prime Minister will reply to the queries raised by lawmakers in course of the deliberations. There is a constitutional provision that the finance minister should present the annual budget in the Parliament for the next fiscal year on the 15th of Nepali month of Jeth every year after the policies and programs are passed by the Parliament.