Kathmandu: Members of the National Assembly (NA) have drawn the attention of the government to reduce the global impact of climate change by announcing climate adaptation programmes, curbing corruption and implementing federalism.
During the special session of the upper house of the Federal Parliament today, lawmakers stressed unity of democratic forces and citizens for the purpose. Gopal Bhattarai stressed the need for democratic forces not to mislead the people and allege against each other.
“The pro-change parties should unite to establish democracy by defeating regression. Let’s not spread the message that democracy gives nothing to the people; let’s take the achievements to the people,” he said.
Similarly, Urmila Aryal suggested the government to make a special plan to reduce the impact of climate change. Noting that climate change was causing problems such as erratic rainfall and adverse effects on agricultural production, she focused the need for an integrated policy to deal with these problems.
Yuvraj Sharma said that strict action should be taken against those involved in corruption cases, adding that corruption and irregularities in the guise of politics would not be accepted.
Rajendra Lakshmi Giri demanded an impartial investigation into the incidents of large-scale corruption and irregularities, including fake Bhutanese refugees, Widebody, Ncell, electricity revenue etc. MP Mohammad Khalid said that the government has done injustice to Madhes by not allocating the budget on the basis of the ratio of population.
Narayan Dutta Bhatta stressed the need for an impartial investigation into the corruption incident and strict action against the culprits.
Maya Prasad Sharma urged the government and parties to show seriousness in the formulation of important laws related to the implementation of federalism.