Kathmandu, May 21:  The two-day seminar on internal evaluation of NC’s general elections manifesto-2056 organized by Nepali Congress Central Training Department concluded today.

At the end of the seminar, NC spokesman Narahari Acharya told a press conference that the participants stressed the need to prioritize the issues mentioned in the manifesto and immediately rectify the weaknesses in implementation aspect. They also underlined the need for ministers to have a better sense of  responsibility to the nation and the people, he added.

Participants at the seminar also laid emphasis on corruption control, maintenance of law and order and good governance, Mr Acharya said, adding the seminar reached a conclusion that adequate attention should be paid to social justice, proper management and good discretion and sensibility while executing any work as directed by the manifesto.

Some of the participants also raised the issue of many NC workers being killed and victimized unnecessarily and stressed the need for ministers and MPs to be more sensitive to this issue.

Party spokesman   Acharya also said that the seminar was organized with the objective of helping the government in proper implementation of the election manifesto.

According to a press release distributed at the press conference,  Dr Lokraj Baral presented a working paper on the working style of ministers and work management for good governance, putting emphasis on providing efficient and vibrant administration based on democratic norms and values.

NC organization department chief and Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperatives Baldev Majgainya commenting on the paper said nepotism, self-centeredness and a tendency on the part of those at the helms of power to be worried about only their security are an impediment to good governance.

In this connection, he stressed, the role of bureaucracy and employees’ unions needs to be revisited.

About 37 party central members and MPs commented on Dr Baral’s paper.

Ex-prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who chaired the session, spoke of the need to evaluate the success and failure the party faced in political, economic and social sectors in the past ten years.

Despite political instability some achievements were made in economic and social sector, he said, adding transparency is a must for good governance.

Massive change in national policy, programme and priority that take place subsequently with the change of government is also an obstacle to good governance, he said, adding a majority of the population has not yet been able to benefit from the achievements made in economic sector, while the achievements in social sector are shadowed by discrimination and the practice of untouchability.

All seem to be running a rat race for the post of minister thereby inviting political instability, he said, adding much attention has not been paid to the plight of the rural masses who are still deprived of even basic facilities like education and health.

At the sixth session of the seminar, Minister for Information and Communications Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta presented a working paper on the programmes proposed by the government for administrative reforms and effective management. Administrative reform has been a matter of global concern today, he said in his paper, adding administrative reform is all the more important for an emerging democracy like ours.

Commenting on Minister Gupta’s paper, MP Homnath Dahal spoke of the need to first make it clear as to what kind of administrative structure we need for good governance.

In his comment, ex-secretary Khemraj Regmi said there is a general tendency on the part of administrators to give up their stand for the fear of losing job or favour. He also laid emphasis on making the administration efficient and accountable.

Replying to questions raised in course of the discussion on his working paper, Minister Gupta said the minister concerned will hereafter be the spokesman of the respective ministry and decisions have been taken preventing public organizations, who have not have their accounts audited to distribute bonus, and keep the administration away from politics.

Addressing the concluding function of the seminar, ex- NC general secretary and speaker Taranath Ranabhat spoke of the need to honestly work for helping the Prime Minister in the fulfilment of his commitment to corruption control, good governance and maintenance of law and order.

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala was also present at the function.

NC central members, ministers and MPs attended the seminar.