Kathmandu, Mar. 1: The deputy leader of the CPN UML Parliamentary Party K.P. Sharma Oli has said that the country faces a grave situation because of the problems including the law and order.
Delivering his welcome speech at the meeting of the House of Representatives which began here today, Mr. Oli said the government has acted against the democratic values and norms and that the national economy is in a dire strait.
Mr Oli accused the government of neglecting the controlling of the commission seeking and corruption and added that as there are weaknesses in all the sectors including law and order, employment, land reforms, industry and education, how can the government give a good governance, he questioned.
Democracy has no alternative, but there is no feel of it to the people, the rightist elements are calling for grabbing the rights of the people and the extremist lefts are out in violence, he said, adding that the government should defeat these elements by warding off pessimism among the people.
Mr. Oli said the government is not sensitive in any of the issues including the foreign affairs, the Karmapa scandle, and the plane hijacking, adding that no consensus is sought in the issues of national interest and that the government is directionless like a cart stuck in the mud.
Deputy leader of the main opposition Mr. Oli accused the government of congressisation in the campaigns of Bisweswor With the Poor, the Women’s Awareness, the Ganeshman Shanti Abhiyan, works have been done against the spirit of decentralisation and suppressing the opposition party workers.
He said the CPN UML has launched an agitation against corruption and violence and added that the government should move the nation ahead in the path of good governance and economic development by ending the confusion seen in the country.
President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Surya Bahadur Thapa said the constitution is being criticised now, the killings, violence, and incidents of fire have been increased from the police, the society is terrorised by the Maoist violence, there is no care for the human rights, and the law and order situation is very weak, adding that political corruption has increased, the administrative machinary is stagnant, the economic situation is vulnerable and that donor nations and organisations have lost confidence in our economic policies.
He said the rift between the two top NC leaders have made the country’s politics at stake adding that as the agreement between the two NC leaders causes an impact on the nation’s state of affairs, this can’t be called a private affair and that the agreement should be made public to the people.
Mr. Thapa also said the programmes of Bisweswor With the Poor, the Ganeshman Singh Shanti Abhiyan and Women’s Awareness Programmes have been used as private fund for the NC workers.
He further said we can’t stay onlookers to the misutilisation of the budget appropriated by the parliament.
President Thapa said the people are obliged to become Maoists due to the government attitude of wrong doings and irresponsible acts.
Mr Thapa said the Congress has not brought about changes in its policies so as to free the country from the present grave situation and acted as per the aspirations of the people adding that if the leaders of the ruling party give the impression that they are really serious about the people, the country and democracy and takes the political parties into confidence, we can really achieve national consensus.
Leader of the Parliamentary party of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party Badri Prasad Mandal said a number of incidents have taken place between the 16th and the 17th session including the hijacking of the plane, increasing unemployment, extreme price hike, killings of innocent persons in the pretext of Maoist problem, the weak law and order situation. The ruling party witnessed a tremor within itself but the people is asking where the nation is heading towards, he added.
He said the present government has not been the people’s government despite its formation on the basis of majority, there has been Congressisation in all the sectors including administration, police, education, adding that as corruption can’t allow the country to develop we should not hesitate to imprison the corrupts from the top level to the bottom.
Chitra Bahadur K.C. of the Rastriya Jana Morcha expressed concern over the non implementation of the agreement between the nine left parties and government and said his party does not agree with the Maoist activities. The maintenance of law and order which can be settled by parliamentary system have not been solved. Corruption and unemployment have not been checked. This compels the nine left parties to resort to street protests, he added.
Mr K.C. Said the MPs have not been positive in the eyes of the people due to their past activities, and called for the proper implementation of the Constitution.
MP Narayan Man Bijukchhe demanded that the report of the joint parliamentary committee on revenue leakage, the committee report on election manipulation, and the agreement reached between the nine left parties and the government be implemented, and called for impartial implementation of the Ganeshman Peace Campaign, the B. P. With the Poor, the Youth Self-employment Programme and the Women’s Awareness Programme.
He said the meaning of democracy is not only majority but also the respect for the opposition parties and added that democracy should be made a way of life style.