Kathmandu, Nov. 21: Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli on Wednesday warned that no minister and civil servant could escape
from their duty to people and the country with ‘but, also and if’ rhetoric.
“We should not delay to fulfill our
development duty and people’s expectation. The government must work according
to public aspirations,” he said while addressing the budget review meeting for
the first four-months of the fiscal year 2018/19.
The civil servants and elected leaders
must understand the current status of the country, public expectation from us
and our responsibility, he said.
He directed all the ministers and
secretaries to work so as to show results so that people could feel the change.
“Don’t try to hide your weaknesses with arguments,”
he said.
PM Oli expressed discontent over the
traditional working style of government even after nine months of its
formation.
“It takes many days to move a file from
a table to another and months to deliver a letter from a ministry to another.
We can make progress in such a scenario,” he said.
“If there has been delay in the part of
the Cabinet of in the part of ministers and secretaries, let me know. If the
interruption is caused by any existing laws and rules, do report. I will try to
address such issues immediately. But, you have no luxury to dillydallying,”
added PM Oli.
According to him, some elements are
spearheaded to fail the democratic system and they have attacked the
foundations of democracy in ugly way.
He said the leaders and officials should
work to raise hope in people.
Secretary of the Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure and Transport Madhu Sudan Adhikari, Secretary of the Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology Mahendra Man Gurung, Secretaries of
the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Sanjaya Sharma and Anup
Kumar Upadhyaya, Secretaries of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Development Yubak Dhoj GC, Secretaries of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and
Supplies Yam Kumari Khatiwada and Chandra Ghimire, Secretary of the Ministry of
Urban Development Ramesh Kumar Singh, and Secretary of the National
Reconstruction Authority Arjun Karki presented the progress report of their
respective ministry and agency.
The meeting will continue tomorrow.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 November 2018.
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