Kathmandu, Mar. 28:Taking special time at the National Assembly today, Jeevan Prem Shrestha of Nepali Congress informed the meeting that the Nepalese delegation to the conference of members of the Upper House of 53 countries held in Paris recently presented its views on the importance, role and exercises of the National Assembly.

He also pointed out the need to make the Upper House the place for making bills and resolving national problems.

CPN-UML’s Surendra Prasad Pandey claimed that the “Nepal Bandh” held yesterday at the call of the party taking issues of corruption, price rise, law order and nationality, etc. was very effective and that during the Bandh CPN-UML leaders and workers were attacked and Nepali Congress constituted committees in two districts to counter the Nepal Bandh.

MP Laghudhan Rai spoke of the need to give special attention towards making the Upper House more effective and present the bill on bio-diversity preservation in the current session.

CPN-UML’s Shanta Manawi urged the government to take action against those involved in boycotting the “Chamar” community from the society in Siraha district.

Mahendra Kumar Mishra of Nepali Congress said everyone should be entitled to rights guaranteed by the constitution. Human rights of an individual cannot be violated in the name of constitutional rights, he added.