HETAUDA, April 3: The winter session of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly concluded on Wednesday night. Based on the provincial government's recommendation, the Provincial Chief, Deepak Prasad Devkota, announced that the current session of the provincial assembly would end at 11:59 pm on Wednesday.
Provincial Chief Devkota issued a notice stating that, under Article 183, Subsection 2 of Nepal's Constitution, the fifth session of the Provincial Assembly would conclude at 11:59 pm on April 2. On Wednesday morning, the Cabinet had decided to recommend to the Provincial Chief that the session be adjourned.
Bagmati Provincial Assembly meeting today
Opposition parties had been protesting the budget in the provincial assembly. Due to this, a meeting scheduled for Tuesday was postponed to 1:00 pm on Wednesday. However, when the CPN (Maoist Centre) continued their protests on Wednesday, the government decided to adjourn the session.
Meanwhile, in a press conference held in Hetauda on Wednesday, opposition parties criticized the Bagmati government for its failure. They argued that abruptly ending the session was a sign of the government's incompetence and accused it of bypassing the parliament and acting irresponsibly. The press conference was attended by MPs from the Maoist Centre, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, and CPN (Unified Socialist).