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The Office of the Chief Minister in the Lumbini Province has been shifted to Bhalubang, the permanent capital of the Province. Earlier, the Office was located in Butwal, the temporary capital for Lumbini. With this, the Province government affairs are to be carried out from Bhalubang from next Sunday. The Rapti Technical School infrastructure has been used to set up the Chief Minister’s quarter building, the Office of Province Chief Secretary and a quarter building. Before this, the School was shifted to the Saraswoti Secondary School. According to the Chief Minister’s press coordinator Man Singh BK, the Office is based in Deukhuri and preparations are going on to shift the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Communications, Finance Ministry and  the Province Financial Comptroller Office to the permanent capital soon. It has been planned to administer an oath of office to the newly elected member in the Lumbini Province Assembly from Bhalubang.  The construction of the Province Assembly building nears the final phase. Bhalubang was declared the permanent capital of the Lumbini Province on October 6, 2020.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki held a meeting with President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday. Minister Karki had reached Sheetal Niwas this morning to meet President Bhandari at a time when the various efforts are being made to deal on power sharing. A source at the President’s office said that the duo discussed possible power sharing and contemporary political issues. During a 45-minute meeting, President Bhandari expressed her concern on the election results and possible power sharing, a source said. Minister Karki told President Bhandari that the ruling coalition’s meeting held on Monday had decided to give continuity to the incumbent alliance. In addition to that, he said that elections were held in a peaceful manner. After being elected as a member of the House of Representatives, Karki’s meeting with the President is considered as a political meeting. This meeting was taken meaningfully after the ruling coalition’s meeting held on Monday decided to give continuity to the current alliance.

CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand held a meeting on Monday. During the meeting held at Dahal’s residence in Khumaltar, the duo discussed contemporary political issues. According to a Khumaltar source, the two leaders discussed giving continuity to the five-party alliance. The source said that both of them stood in favor of giving continuity to the alliance.

Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said the government would do its best to assist in increasing the morale of security personnel. He also directed police officers to boost the morale of police personnel. The minister was speaking at an event organized here today after taking lunch with police personnel belonging to a security battalion assigned to look after Singha Durbar. The Home Minister also praised the police for fulfilling its duty to provide security and control crimes including during the recently held elections responsibly. On the occasion, he also inspected the police barracks at Singha Durbar. He directed the entire police to provide security and curb crimes by utilizing technologies at maximum.