Kathmandu, April 17
The main opposition party, Nepali Congress, has expressed its concerns over the suffering of workers and daily wage earners due to lockdown restrictions.
After losing jobs due to the lockdown imposed to control the coronavirus outbreak in the country, many have lost their jobs. For want of sufficient food and money to stay in their current locations, they have been leaving for their houses on foot despite travel restrictions.
In this context, the party’s president Sher Bahadur Deuba urged the government to make arrangements to take them home safely. On his Twitter page, Deuba commented that the government had become a mute spectator of their pain.
Meanwhile, the party’s spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma asked on his Facebook page, on Friday, “Do the workers walking on the streets have any government in this country? Why should one die of hunger after surviving the coronavirus?”
The party has called a meeting of the party’s office-bearers in Kathmandu on Saturday. Sharma says the leaders will discuss how the party can play its role actively in this time of crisis.
