Kathmandu, Nov 29: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ pledged that the federal government would conclude adjustment process of police service at the earliest.
According to Bagmati Province’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Ganga Narayan Shrestha, PM Dahal in a group meeting with Home Ministers of all seven provinces in the official residence of Prime Minister at Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday appraised that the adjustment process for police service was already taken forward.
The PM reaffirmed his commitment to conclude the adjustment process at the earliest, according to Minister Shrestha. “We have entered the adjustment process since the formation of new government. We will provide the rights granted by the constitution to the province. Now there is no need for the provincial governments not to trust the federal government,” Minister Shrestha quoted the PM as saying.
The Ministers also informed the PM that they were formulating acts and procedures and considering amendment to further empower provinces as well as to further strengthen federalism.
They submitted a memo to the Prime Minister to conclude the adjustment process in police, attaching high priority to it. Earlier, they had also drawn the attention of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayankaji Shrestha.
They bemoaned that the peace and order, good-governance, development and prosperity were being hindered in the Provinces since the provincial government were not being able to exercise exclusive powers of the provincial government as enshrined in the Schedule of the Constitution of Nepal, although eight years have elapsed since the promulgation of the constitution.
In the attendance in the meeting with the PM were Madhesh Province’s Minister for Home, Communication and Law Mohammad Samim, Lumbini Province’s Minister for Home, Communications and Law Santosh Kumar Pandey, Karnali Province’s Minister for International Affairs and Law Krishna Bahadur GC and Sudurpaschim Province’s Minister for Internal Affairs Shivaraj Bhatta.
Gandaki Province’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Drinking water Saraswati Aryal Tiwari and Koshi Province’s Minister without Portfolio Shamsher Rai were also present in the meeting.
