Call to replace policies, programmes with new one unconstitutional: Leader Gautam

Kathmandu: Lawmaker Bamdev Gautam has said it is unconstitutional to demand the replacement of the government's fresh policies and programs with a new one.

Taking part in the deliberations on the government policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2023-24 in a meeting of the National Assembly today, the leader said it was unconstitutional for political parties having their roles in the Constitution drafting process to ask for repealing the policies and programs and bringing a new one.

According to him, though the fresh policies and policies are a comprehensive document, one major sector which is agriculture is missing in it. He demanded the government prioritize agriculture.

Stating that it was BP Koirala who came up with the government policies and programs along with a periodic plan in 2015 BS, he said agriculture was also the priority at that time. 'Increase in agricultural production will lead economy towards self-sufficiency,' The former Deputy Prime Minister pressed the idea of implementing a special program targeting agriculture at 151 local levels on a rotational basis in an interval of five years, incorporating all 753 local governments. As he shared, an approach paper regarding this has been already submitted to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ' Prachanda'.

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