KATHMANDU, June 13: A delegation led by CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman and former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Monday called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in regard to operating the Geta Medical College in Kailali as a national-level Science University.
CPN (Unified Socialist) lawmaker Prem Bahadur Ale who was also the member in the delegation said they met with the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat as well, demanding the operation of Martyr Dashrath Chand National Science University in Geta. The meeting ended positively, he added.
"The Prime Minister has pledged to operate a Science University in Geta," the lawmaker said. The meeting agreed to pave the way for operating the University through an Act.
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During the meeting, the delegation urged the government to allocate sufficient budget for the implementation of the Dhangadhi-Khutiya-Dipayal-Uraibhanjyang- Taklakot (of China) road project and to ensure access to China.
It may be noted that the federal government on February 12 decided to operate a University in Geta and the government policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year also announced to operate the health-related university in Geta. But the budget stated that a 100-bed medical institute would be established in Geta, prompting the Sudurpashim folks to agitate against the announcement.
Meanwhile, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Nepali Congress leader NP Saud said Geta will have the Science University, not a health institute as announced in the budget speech for the next fiscal year.
During his meeting with NC leaders from his home district Kanchanpur on Monday, the minister made it clear that the government was committed to operating the University in Geta, according to its chief private secretary Deepak Joshi.
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