Pokhara, May 7
The Province 4 Assembly is likely to give a new ‘permanent’ name to the Province within next one month.
The constitution authorises provincial legislative body to name the Province. For now, the federal government has given numerical names for seven provinces. Province 6, however, has already renamed itself as Karnali.
The Province 4 Assembly had formed a committee comprising lawmakers of various parties to collect people’s opinions about name and capital of the province and recommend a name. The committee has already collected feedback from members of the public about the name. However, it has not finalised its report as the ruling parties, CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre, did not give their opinions about the issue.
Subsequently, the Assembly meeting on Sunday extended the term of committee by one month.
