Lawmakers draw govt's attention to various contemporary issues

 

Nepali Congress lawmaker Deepak Giri has requested the government to immediately provide justice to agitating Swargadwari Guthi victim farmers.

Speaking in an emergency hour of today's meeting of the House of Representatives, Giri shared, "Swargadwari is one of the major pilgrimage sites of the country. The government should pay attention for its protection and promotion."

Swargadwari Guthi victims have been staging protest for the past few days, citing the government did not implement the agreement signed with them.

Similarly, Hitraj Pandey of the CPN (Maoist Center) mentioned that the government has ignored the overall activities of the parliament and not wanted to listen the voices of people's representatives, saying the issues determined for the discussion in the meeting are removed from the agenda time and again.

Mahesh Bartaula of the CPN-UML expressed the view that there was no reason to object on it as the Regulations of the Parliament has the provision for making changes on agendas.

Likewise, Shishir Khanal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party raised question why the police did not carryout investigation of All Nepal National Free Students' Union ASCOL College involved in manhandling police and why Ashika Tamang was kept in custody for 15 days with handcuffs.

Lawmakers—Ganesh Parajuli, Sita Mijar, Sushila Sirpali Thakuri and Dikpal Kumar Shahi also expressed their views on contemporary issues in emergency hour.