PM Oli urged to call National Coordination Council meeting

KATHMANDU: Local rural municipalities and municipalities and district affiliated associations and federations have submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli demanding a meeting of the National Coordination Council.

A delegation comprising the Chairperson of the National Association of Rural Municipalities in Nepal, Laxmi Devi Pandey, the Chairperson of the Municipal Association of Nepal, Bhim Prasad Dhungana, and the Chairperson of the District Coordination Committee Federation, Ashok Kumar Ghimire, submitted the seven-point memo to Prime Minister Oli at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, today.

The memo incorporated demands issues like calling a national coordination committee meeting to discuss the agenda along with a revision of the unbundling of works report, not cutting equalization grants, accelerating activities related to the National Land Commission, and making the District Coordination Committee resourceful.

Similarly, the delegation drew the Prime Minister’s attention, saying the next meeting of the Council could not even take place after the second meeting of the Coordination Council held in Magh, 2080, under the Prime Minister’s chairmanship.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Oli expressed commitment to empowering local levels and making an appropriate budget, according to the PM’s Secretariat.