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UML lawmakers question role of their ministers in the govt

The CPN (UML) lawmakers have questioned the role of their party ministers and criticised them for being ineffective and unable to deliver as per the people's expectation.

At a meeting of the parliamentary party organised in Singha Durbar Tuesday, CA members criticised ministers representing the party for their inability to check intervention and act independently.

UML lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction over the government's apathy in taking prompt action against the guilty when their cadre Prachanda Thaiba was murdered in Butwal, despite the home ministry being led by their party.

Likewise, they also condemned the sports minister for not being able to check the participation of PLA in the National Games and the water resource minister for his inability to bring effective programmes to mitigate the ongoing load shedding.

The local development minister was criticised for his inability to sanction in time the budget allocated for various constituencies won by the UML.

Some CA members criticised the recent nine-point agreement signed with the Maoists saying the UML had surrendered to the Maoists before the guilty of the murder was arrested.

The UML ministers representing in the government tried to defend themselves in vain.

The cabinet has a team of six ministers from UML led by deputy prime minister and home minister Bam Dev Gautam. Bishnu Paudel is the minister for water resources, Ram Chandra Jha is the minister for local development, Gopal Shakya is the sports minister, Asta Laxmi Shakya is the minister for industries and commerce and Kiran Gurung is the minister for forest and soil conservation.

In Tuesday's meeting some CA members urged the party leadership to recall the ministers due to their ineffective performance.

Senior CPN (UML) leaders have hinted that the ministers representing the party would change shortly. nepalnews.com Apr 15 09