Koshi Province Assembly Obstruction Ends After Agreement

Biratnagar. The obstruction in the Koshi Province Assembly, which has been ongoing since Jestha 12, has ended with an agreement between the parties. An agreement was reached between the Speaker and the party leaders in the Business Management Advisory Committee meeting held today before the Provincial Assembly meeting. The obstruction has ended with an agreement to correct the Speaker's announcement that the policy and program presented by the provincial government in the parliament was unanimously passed, and that the Speaker would read out the said agreement in the Provincial Assembly meeting. In accordance with that agreement, Speaker Ambar Bahadur Bist read it out in the assembly.

The opposition party, the Nepali Communist Party, had been obstructing the Provincial Assembly meeting since then, demanding that the announcement of the policy and program being unanimously passed despite their disagreement and the announcement of its passage without providing time for amendment be corrected. Due to this, the provincial government had not been able to present the principles and priorities of the budget, which should be presented in the assembly 15 days before bringing the budget. With the end of this obstruction, the principles and priorities of the budget have been presented in the Provincial Assembly and discussions are ongoing.