CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party meeting focuses on government’s policies and programmes

Kathmandu: A meeting of the CPN (UML) parliamentary party has been in progress.

The meeting focused on the government’s policies and programmes at the New Baneshwor-based Federal Parliament Building on Tuesday. Party Chairperson KP Sharma Oli said the government’s policies and programmes, the ongoing obstruction of the parliament by the opposition party in the parliament and contemporary issues.

According to Chief Whip Mahesh Bartula, Vice-Chairperson and former Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Poudel, General-Secretary Shankar Pokhrel, and former Finance Minister Dr. Yubraj Bhusal, among others, are scheduled to give an orientation speech about the government’s policies and programmes, budget for the coming fiscal year and UML’s role in the meeting.

President Ramchandra Paudel presented the government’s policies and programmes in the joint session of the federal parliament on Tuesday. Since then, an agenda of extending gratitude to the President has not moved ahead in parliament due to NC’s obstruction in the subsequent meetings of the parliament.

The Nepali Congress has been obstructing the parliament proceedings, demanding formation of parliamentary probe committee on cooperative fraud scam.

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