Kathmandu, Mar. 29 : MP Narayan Man Bijukchhe, speaking during special time at the House of Representatives today, accused the government of not adopting transparency while recruiting police personnel and recruiting them on the recommendation of the NC district president, and also bypassing youths from different language-speaking communities.

Speaking of the need to invest the funds accrued from cigarette tax in anti-cancer activity, Mr Bijukchhe said the examination control office is becoming more and more irresponsible every year and the standard of education is decreasing with the students being promoted illegally.

Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party noted that the road within Rajbiraj Municipality has been turned into a canal, the Prime Minister’s assurances to provide relief to fire victims at Amariya village in Khadakpur VDC have not been met, the condition of the Bisanpur-Barsein road is deteriorating and ostracization of the Dalits in Lhahan cannot be justified.

MP Lilamani Pokherel remarked that the government is not serious about the welfare of farmers, programmes brought about for the interests of farmers have not been effective and loans given to small farmers in Sindhuli district should be waived as they are unscientific.

MP Dilliram Acharya observed that non-coverage of the farmers march organised by the All Nepal Farmers Association affiliated with CPN-Masal is politically motivated.

CPPN-UML’s Chandra Bahadur Shahi complained that non-completion of the Talva Airport which is under construction for the past 18 years in Mugu district shows that there is a lot of corruption involved and attention has not been given even when people have taken initiatives for it.

NC’s Romi Gauchan spoke of the need of reservation for education of people living in remote areas of the country.

Dr Banshidhar Mishra of CPN-UML complained that Maoist activities have surprisingly increased in Rautahat district for the past two or three months and his party workers have been harassed unnecessarily in the name of maintaining law and order in the country.

NC’s Dr Ram Sharan Mahat said Tilanga Palace near the seven-storey Nuwakot palace has been dismantled in the name of repair work and the state of the seven-storey palace which is famous in the whole of Asia is not satisfactory.

He also spoke of the need to preserve palaces and other monuments which are historically and culturally very important.