Kathmandu, 19 May : The government’s policies and programmes for the next fiscal year 2023/24 have been presented in the Federal Parliament.
President Ramchandra Paudel is now reading out the policies and programmes in the joint meeting of both the houses of the Federal Parliament in the Federal Parliament Building, Naya Baneshwor. The meeting started at 4 pm.
At the outset of the meeting, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ handed over a copy of the policies and programmes to the President. As per the constitutional provision, the President shall address either a meeting of any House or a joint sitting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament, and summon the MPs.
This is the first address to the parliament after Paudel’s election to the post of the President. In the countries having parliamentary democracy, there is a practice of presenting the government’s annual policies and programmes in the Federal Parliament and the parliament passing the same after deliberations on them.
