LUMBINI, JULY 2

Minister of Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand said the five-party alliance was formed to implement the constitution, institutionalise democracy and balance foreign relations. "It was not against any party and leader," he added.

He said that the government had been taking initiatives to bring the parties that did not participate in the elections to the democratic stream.

At a programme organised by Nepali Congress Rupandehi Constituency 2 in Butwal today, the Home Minister clarified that Nepal would not participate in any international military activity.

He further said construction of a tunnel route would be forwarded from the coming fiscal year to make the Siddhababa road section along the Butwal-Palpa section safe as hundreds of people have lost their lives and thousands of passengers have been facing difficulties due to bad condition of the road section. He also said construction of tunnel route at Daunne along the East-West Highway would start.

Home Minister Khand urged party leaders and cadres to carry out activities in order to make the NC the largest party in the upcoming elections of federal and province assembly.

Meanwhile, Minister Khand emphasised effective collection of details of each citizen to ensure legal rights to them. He instructed them to take forward the collection of personal details, date storage and distribution more effectively.

Attending an event organised by the Department of National ID and Civil Registration in Rupandehi today, the minister asserted that it was the responsibility of the government to provide social security to the citizens.

He urged all the parties concerned to be aware and alert that the citizens may be deprived of social security if the details collected about them are not correct.

The government has been distributing social security allowance to senior citizens, Dalits, physically-disabled, single women, backward communities and children, among other vulnerable groups, according to the minister.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 3, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.