Kaski : A session of the Gandaki Province Assembly (PA) has been adjourned for an indefinite period after the main opposition Nepali Congress decided to boycott the session. The meeting was announced to be put off until further notice after the wrangling between ruling and the opposition parties.
Speaker Krishna Prasad Dhital announced the postponement just six minutes after the session began.
In the session, Minister without portfolio, Hari Bahadur Chuman, was scheduled to present a bill on the management of pesticides usage.
As the Speaker said, the session was postponed until further notice as PA members from the Nepali Congress and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) were absent. Earlier, the NC concluded that it was non-constitutional to summon the PA session when the Supreme Court ordered it not to make any decisions of long-term impact except the regular operation of the PA.
In the meeting, a letter about the summoning of the session by Province Chief Dilliraj Bhatta was read out. It also expressed its concern before the Speaker about the summoning of the session, terming the formation of a new government, and the summoning of the session non-constitutional.
NC Chief Whip for the province Nanda Prasad Neupane said the party would not make a presence in the session summoned ignoring the SC interim order, the Constitution, and legal provisions. As the party said, it is awaiting the final verdict from the Court before considering attending the session.
The party’s understanding is that it is faulty by the Constitution and against the parliamentary practices to operate the House session when the case is under sub-judice in the court. –
