Pokhara, August 28
Gandaki province’s Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung has called on chief ministers and governments of six other provinces to stay united and jointly fight against the central government so as to secure rights of the provinces as envisioned in the constitution.
Gurung says the federal government also has a mindset that it should not provide rights to the provinces unless they create some pressure and put in difficulties; hence all the provincial government should come together to raise their voices.
In particular, Gurung is not satisfied with the KP Sharma Oli-led government as it restricted rights related to generating financial resources and managing staff.
“The time has come to jointly make the federal government realise that it needs to implement the constitutional provisions at the earlier,” Gurung said while addressing a function in Pokhara today, “If there is some shortcoming in the constitution, it has to be corrected.”
“The government always retains some executive power. We are also a government,” he added, “But, we have not felt so in practice.”
