Kathmandu, Mar. 14 : Ishwar Pokharel of the cpn-uml, speaking during special hour at the House of Representatives today, alleged that the government has been indifferent to the burning issues facing the people and stressed the need to immediately implement provisions of the report of the revenue leakage investigation committee.

If the government fails to work in the interest of the country and the people, his party, together with all the opposition parties, would launch a movement in the streets and in the house as well, he added.

Govinda Bikram Shaha of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (rpp) said that the government was silent even when the people were being displaced and forced to live as refugee within the country and demanded implementation of the report of therevenue leakage investigation committee.

Mrigendra Kumar Shaha of Nepal Sadbhavana Party sought immediate action againstpersons found guilty by the Revenue Leakage Investigation Committee and said that B.P. with the poor, the youth self-employment programme, the Ganesh Man Singh peace campaign andthe women’s awareness and income generation programme had become employment centres for nc activists.

Nar Bahadur Budathoki of the cpn-uml said that attention had not been paid to the law and order situation in Karnali zone, the police had been assigned only to the district headquarters,the local self-governance act had been violated and local bodies had not been taken into confidence under the B.P. with the poor, Ganesh Man Singh peace campaign and women’s awareness programmes.

Brijesh Kumar Gupta of rpp demanded that the road from Kapilvastu district to Kathmandu be black-topped, the district be declared a tourism centre and infrastructure developed, the report of the Revenue Leakage Investigation committee implemented, action taken against the guilty and the house informed of the functionings of the various committees constituted by hmg.

Chitra Bahadur K. C. of National People’s Forum accused the Nepali Congress of mismanagement on the economic, social and political fronts and expressed the view that the prices of various commodities are not declining despite the prime minister’s assurances, the police have failed to maintain law and orderin Banglung district and the country is suffering from unemployment, corruption and irregularities.

Narayan Man Bijukchchhe spoke of the poor law and order situation in the country, delegation of authority to the chief district officers in the name of local autonomy, removal of food depots from remote areas, setting up of unit irrigation offices only in place of district irrigation offices and ‘congressisation’ of the Ganeshman Peace Campaign, Bisheshwar with the poor and women awakening programmes.

He also said that the report of the Revenue Leakage Investigation Committee should be implemented, actioninitiated against the guilty andthe Home Minister should answer for the incident of torching of 60 Houses in Rupendehi yesterday.