Province-6 named ‘Karnali’, headquarters to be at Birendranagar

Surkhet, Feb 24 – A meeting of the State Assembly of Province-6 held Saturday named the Province ‘Karnali’. The Province onwards shall be called ‘Karnali Province’ with the meeting endorsing the proposal to this regard tabled by CPN (UML) province parliamentary leader Yamlal Kandel, with majority.

Nepali Congress lawmaker from Julma, Dinbandhu Shrestha, UML lawmaker from Dolpa, Bir Bahadur Shahi, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party lawmaker from Kalikot, Soshila Shahi, backed the proposal. Province-6 has been the first province among seven to give a name to it.

Thirty-seven members in the 40-member State Assembly supported the proposal while Chandra Bahadur Shahi and Jhowa BK from Mugu remained absent in the meeting. State Assembly Speaker Raj Bahadur Shahi announced the Province name as ‘Karnali Province.’

The meeting unanimously agreed to place the Province capital at Birendranagar of Surkhet.

Sita Nepali, Krishna Shah, Him Bahadur Shahi, Kaushila Khatri, Dansingh Pariyar and Padam Bahadur Rokaya participated in the discussions on the proposal.

In a meeting of the Province Assembly held today, NC parliamentary party leader Jeevan Bahadur Shahi presented a document, proposing to establish Surkhet as the Province capital while UML lawmaker Gulabjung Shah and CPN ( Maoist Center)’s Ganesh Prasad Singh backed it.

Taking part in deliberations over the proposal, lawmakers were of the view that there was no alternative to Birendranagar to becoming the province headquarters.

NC lawmaker Yagya Bahadur BC said, “We have been successful in determining the name and capital of the province without disputes.”

Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Naresh Bhandari, demanded the establishment of seasonal capitals for the Karnali Province. He was of the view of developing Jumla as summer capital and Birendranagar as the winter capital for the Province.

Jeevan Bahadur Shahi’s objection 
NC lawmaker Jeevan Bahadur Shahi objected to the participation of minister in the deliberation on the proposal related the province capital. He said it was against the parliamentary practice. His remark was intended at Minister Bhandari.

The Speaker said Bhandari was not just a minister but a lawmaker from Jumla and on the same ground he was given time to speak over the proposal and then Shahi took his seat.

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