Kathmandu, July 8: Members of Parliament (MPs) from opposition party in the second meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today continued to press the government to provide a clear response in the House of Representatives (HoR) to issues they have raised.
During the second meeting of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament, they also demanded for greater accountability on the part of government.
CPN (UML)’s Rajendra Kumar Rai claimed that the oppositions demand for the Prime Minister to address the House was in line with the House of Representatives Regulations.
He urged the government to help create an environment conducive to hold dialogue and forge consensus.
Following his remarks, Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal directed the Parliament Secretariat to expunge from the official record certain comments made by lawmaker Rai during the earlier session that were deemed to have been directed at the Speaker.
Likewise, lawmaker from another opposition party-Nepal Communist Party- insisted that Nepal had never encroached on the territory of any country and had consistently maintained friendly relations with its neighbours while seeking the return of its own encroached land.
Similarly, Harka Raj Rai of Shram Sanskriti Party demanded clarification over remarks alleging that Nepal had encroached on Indian territory.
Expressing concern over the growing trend of abusive language on social media, he urged the government to take impartial action against offenders.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Tahir Ali Bhat expressed his dismay saying that Speaker’s efforts to bring the government to the House to clarify the issues raised by lawmakers had so far remained futile and did not yield any failed meaningful results.
