HoR meeting: ‘Government should be accountable to the parliament’

Kathmandu, June 29: In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, the MPs have emphasized that the government should be accountable to the parliament.

Seeking time in the meeting, MP Amanlal Modi of the CPN (Maoist Centre) said, “We MPs will raise public issues in the House during zero hour and special time, but the government has not responded to the issues raised in Parliament. I had drawn the government’s attention to the poor condition of the Postal Highway, but the government has not taken it seriously.”

Nepali Congress MP Dr. Chandra Bhandari said that the road from Ruru in Gulmi to the district headquarters Tamghas could not be improved due to a lack of policy decisions.

“This road is perilous. During the rainy season, there is a risk of landslides, and the problem of floods and landslides is increasing due to the lack of bridge construction in various places in Gulmi. I draw the government’s serious attention to this,” he said.

CPN (Maoist Centre) MP Ranendra Barali said, “Ajay Mahara, a youth from Siraha district, was found dead yesterday morning. It is the government’s responsibility to find the murderer, and I demand the government to conduct an immediate investigation and bring Mahara’s murderer to justice.”

Member of Parliament Prabhu Sah of the Aam Janata Party has demanded that the activities taking place in Gaushala of Pashupati area should be transparent.

Krisna Kumar Shrestha, a member of the CPN (Unified Socialist), drew the government’s attention, stating that the construction of a bridge over the Dudhara River on the road from Pathlaiya to Nijgadh on the East-West Highway, which has been stalled for about six years, has still not been constructed, causing great deal of inconvenience to the people.