Issues of people’s livelihood figure in Special Hour

Speaking during the Special Hour of the HoR session today, through the Speaker the lawmakers called attention of the government on issues related to the livelihood of the general public, among others.

The issues raised include the alleged corruption while making the National Identity Card, hundreds of citizens becoming deprived of citizenship for failure by parliament to pass the Citizenship Bill, the prevalence of abject poverty among the Dalit population, false reporting by newspaper regarding a lawmaker possessing dual citizenships, the need to reopen the Belauri Chhoti Customs in Kanchanpur, the decreasing number of students in community universities and schools, not harming the local people and ecosystem while carrying out development activities, issuing citizenship to offspring of single mothers in their surname, the government neglecting the burning issues raised by lawmakers in parliament and the negligence of the contractors in construction works in development projects at many places.

Airing these issues were Prem Suwal, Amaresh Kumar Singh, Anita Devi, Yogendra Mandal, Dilendra Prasad Badu, Tara Prasad Lama, Sanjaya Gautam, Dayal Bahadur Shahi, Dev Prasad Timilsina, Rukmani Baraili, Ram Krishna Yadav.