Biratnagar – The Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki, has issued an ordinance to increase the office bearers of the Provincial Assembly.

Chief Minister Karki issued Ordinance 2080 to amend some provincial laws 10 days after ending the session of the Provincial Assembly to provide additional facilities to the leaders of the ruling party.

The new ordinance has amended Section 2 of the Act 2075 on the Service of Officials and Members of the Provincial Assembly and increased the number of officers of the Provincial Assembly. The government will provide vehicles, drivers and fuel to the additional officials through the State Assembly Secretariat.

In the Act, only the speaker, deputy speaker, leader of the main opposition party, chief whip of the ruling party, chief whip of the main opposition party, leader of the opposition party, whip of the ruling party and the chairman of the provincial assembly committee were kept as office bearers of the provincial assembly. By bringing the ordinance, the former chief minister who is a member of the provincial assembly and the leader of the parliamentary party of the party participating in the government and the leader of the parliamentary party of the opposition party have also been placed in office.

Chief Minister Kedar Karki has also taken away the authority of the heads of District Coordination Committees through an ordinance. By amending the Koshi State Public Health Act 2077 through an ordinance, Chief Minister Karki took away the authority of the District Coordination Committee chief.

Earlier in the act, there was a provision that the chairman of the management committee of the government hospital under the province would be the head of the district coordination committee. But Chief Minister Karki has issued an ordinance to appoint the state government as the chairman of the government hospital management committee.