For federalism to function, no intervention from centre: CM Pandey

LALITPUR: MARCH. 22 – Chief Minister of Bagmati State Rajendra Prasad Pandey has said federalism would be achieved in practice if the lower levels of government- state and local level- are not intervened by the central government.

CM Pandey said it during a two-day seminar on ‘formulation and implementation of policy and plan at federal structures’ on Monday. Federalism does not function well once the policy and rules the local and state levels formulate contradict to the ones made by federal level, he argued.

CM Pandey informed that the Bagmati State was formulating a bill on local level employees as part of the implementation of federalism.

“Although the state is in need of some 3,400 employees for smooth functioning, the posts of some 1,400 employees are lying vacant, which has badly impacted the administrative and development works,” he complained.