Kathmandu, March 7 Lawmakers from ruling Nepal Communist Party and main opposition Nepali Congress in the parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee today raised concerns about a few important bills related to the implementation of federalism, saying they needed to be passed as soon as possible in the ongoing winter session. As the current winter session ends mid-March these bills — Nepal Citizenship Bill, Federal Civil Servants Bill, Nepal Police and Provincial Bill; and Peace and Security Bill — will not be endorsed this session. These bills are in the pipeline at the SAGGC. Beside the Citizenship Bill, the panel hasn’t started discussion on other bills. The committee has been discussing Nepal Citizenship Bill for more than three months. Clause-wise discussion of the bill is likely to take more time in the panel. In this session, the panel has finished work only on Civil Servant Adjustment Act. Chairperson of panel Shashi Shrestha said the committee wanted to pass the Citizenship Bill in the current session. NC lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh criticised the committee for delaying deliberations on the bill. “It is not right to take more time over such a sensitive bill,” he said, adding that people were suffering without citizenship so the panel should be serious. NCP (NCP) lawmaker Janardan Sharma expressed concern about Federal Civil Servant Bill along with other police and security-related bills. “These bills are essential to make federalism. function, so, we need to pass them as soon as possible this session,” he added. NC lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu asked why the government was not serious about the bills related to federalism. “Provincial governments are asking for these bills to draft their provincial laws,” he said, charging that the government was not serious about addressing the provincial governments’ concerns. The government has already planned to adjourn this session after passing some business related bills to facilitate the Investment Summit which is going to be held in Kathmandu on March 29 and 30. Deputy Speaker of the House Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe told THT that those bills were crucial and the committee needed more time for clause-wise discussion. Regarding the citizenship bill, Secretary at Ministry of Home Affairs Prem Kumar Rai said the ministry had registered the draft of the bill in the Parliament, so the remaining process would be completed by the Parliament. He said the government had only helped the Parliament.