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The Sudurpashim government is presenting its policies and programs for the fiscal year 2023/24 on Wednesday. Province Chief Devraj Joshi is scheduled to present the policies and programs in a session of the Province Assembly to take place after 4:00 pm today, according to Sudurpashim PA Secretariat. The province is to conclude the deliberations on the principles and priorities of the Appropriation Bill today before presenting the policies and programs.  

The Supreme Court has issued a show-cause notice in the writ filed against the decision of the government to grant amnesty to Nagarik Unmukti Party leader Resham Chaudhary. After a preliminary hearing in the writ lodged against the decision to pardon the remaining sentence of Chaudhary on Tuesday, a single bench of Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut issued a show- cause notice, giving priority to the case. Sharada Kadayat, wife of Inspector Keshav Bohara, who was killed in the Tikapur incident, filed the writ at the Supreme Court against the decision. The petitioner has demanded the apex court annul the decision, making the Office of the President defendant. Chaudhary was released after the Cabinet meeting recommended President Ram Chandra Paudel to pardon his remaining sentence on the occasion of Republic Day. Earlier, Kadayat had registered an application at the President’s Office and demanded that Chaudhary be not released anytime soon after the government tried to grant amnesty to him. Later, the President sent the file back to the Home Ministry. The Kailai District Court on February 24, 2019 handed down a life sentence to 11 people including Chaudhary in connection with the 2015 Tikapur incident in which nine people including seven security personnel and a toddler were killed in a violent clash. The Dipayal High Court on December 18, 2020 upheld the decision of the District Court. On May 16, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of Kailali District Court and Dipayal High Court to sentence Chaudhary to life imprisonment in the Tikapur incident.  

The CPN (Maoist Center) has withdrawn its support extended to the CPN-UML-led government in Koshi Province. A meeting of the province office bearers held in Biratnagar on Tuesday decided to withdraw the support to the UML-led government. Chairman Harka Bahadur Nembang said that the support extended to the government was withdrawn at the direction of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is also the Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center). Issuing a statement today, Nembang said that the ministers have also been recalled.

The National Assembly (NA) meeting scheduled for today has been postponed for tomorrow. The meeting was called for 11: 11 am today. According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the meeting of the Upper House was deferred citing a special reason. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was likely to deliver speech on contemporary issues in today's meeting. Finance Minister Prakash Saran Mahat was scheduled to present the proposal for holding general deliberation on the estimates of the revenue and income for the fiscal year 2023/24, the Secretariat said. The meeting will be held at 11: 11 am tomorrow.