Three bills tabled in NA

Kathmandu, March 21: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, on behalf of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, presented a proposal in today's meeting of the National Assembly (NA), seeking consideration of the Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts Related to the Promotion of Good Governance and Public Service Delivery received from the House of Representatives.

Soon after the discussion on the proposal began, lawmaker Renu Chand argued that Rule 93 of the National Assembly Regulations, 2075 BS required that any bill brought through an ordinance in the parliament should be done so as a replacement bill, but the word 'replacement bill' had not been mentioned in the bill presented by the Minister and, therefore, discussions could not be held on the bill.

National Assembly Chair Narayan Prasad Dahal announced that the meeting has been postponed for some time due to the conflict in the provisions of the regulations.

Three bills have been tabled in the National Assembly today. National Assembly Secretary Dr Surendra Aryal tabled the Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts Related to Improvement of the Economic and Business Environment and Investment Promotion, 2081 BS, the Privatization (First Amendment) Bill, 2081 BS and Economic Procedure and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Bill, 2081 BS with the message received from the House of Representatives. (RSS)