Kathmandu, Feb. 29:Speaker Taranath Ranabhat has said that the 17th session of Parliament beginning tomorrow would find solutions to the current problems through consensus.

“We are preparing for tomorrow’s session that would primarily discuss the 13 Bills tabled during the 16th session,” he said at an interaction organised by Reporters’ Club Nepal here this afternoon.

Speaker Ranabhat said that no new Bills had been registered for discussion as of now. “The two Bills that were registered earlier are technically defunct since the Ministers who introduced them have resigned. But we expect some 35 Bills to be tabled for discussion during this session that will last for about a month,” he said.

The two Bills are Road Board Bill and Nepal Scout Bill (second amendment).

Ranabhat appealed to all the legislator and cabinet members to act responsibly during the House proceedings. “All the parties, despite ideological differences, should forge consensus on the issues related to development, poverty, corruption, peace and security and common welfare in the country,” he said. “Such issues cannot be solved without collective efforts.”

The new session of the House would seek political solution to the Maoist problem that has claimed more than 1100 lives since it began in early 1996, he said. “I will personally take initiatives to find peaceful solution to the problem.”

He expressed happiness over the Maoists’ positive response to the government’s appeal for peace talks. “The talks should begin as soon as possible.”

He accused the government of paying least attention to the infrastructure development and of misusing the resources. “The government that is accountable to people should fulfil their aspirations and take the fruits of democracy to the lowest strata of society.”