Parliamentarians rue over withdrawal of Citizenship related Bill

Kathmandu, July 8: Parliamentarians have expressed their dissatisfaction over the government act of withdrawal of the Bill relating to Citizenship.     

In the zero hours of today's meeting in the House of Representatives today, parliamentarian Bimala BK questioned the reason behind the withdrawal of the Bill.     

Bharat Kumar Shah demanded that another new Bill be brought in the wake of the withdrawal of the Bill.     

The parliamentarians had also drawn the attention of the government towards contemporary issues such as responding to natural disasters such as landslides, and floods, timely compensation to the disaster victims, availability of textbooks in the public schools, and food items in the Humla district and chemical fertilizers for farmers among others.     

They also demanded that an airport be constructed at Kamal Bazar in Achham district, road conditions in the Dakshinkali area in Kathmandu be improved, foreign exchange reserve is increased and improvement of road conditions leading to the Upper Arun dam.     

Parliamentarians airing their views in today's zero-hours were Renuka Gurung, Yashoda Gurung Subedi, Bhimsendas Pradhan and Yagya Bahadur Bogati among others.  (RSS)