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Province 2 minister padlocks offices for disrespecting holiday order

Province 2 Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Gyanendra Yadav, padlocks the Nepal Rastra Bank office in Janakpur, on Sunday, August 26, 2018.

Janakpur, August 26

Province 2 government’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Gyanendra Yadav, on Sunday padlocked some government offices in the provincial capital, Janakpurdham, after they did not implement the government decision to observe a public holiday today.

Earlier, the provincial government had decided to close all offices under its jurisdiction to observe the Hindu festival of Janai Purnima, which is popularly referred as Rakhi in Terai districts.

But, some of the offices including the Nepal Rasra Bank stayed open today, forcing the government to take action.

Meanwhile, Yadav commented that the constitution has authorised provincial governments to announce such holidays, but some government officials were reluctant to follow the decisions of provincial government.

He also warned of taking legal action if someone was involves in disrespecting the decision.

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