JANAKPURDHAM: Co-chairperson of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the provincial government should not indulge in acts that would endanger the nation, system and the constitution.

Speaking at a function organised by the party in Janakpur today, he said, “There will be risk of an accident if the provincial government tries to overtake the federal government.” He feared that such acts would give rise to anti-federalism elements.

The former prime minister also urged all concerned not to follow extremist and secessionist elements and stressed the need to defeat forces trying to create an independent Madhes state. “Only national unity can establish the identity of the Madhesi people,” he said.

Former PM Dahal also shared that the constitution would be amended in an appropriate time ensuring respect and rights of the Madhesi people. He opined that the Sunkoshi-Kamala Diversion Irrigation Project, Triyuga Drinking Water Project, Nijgadh International Airport and Janakpurdham-Simara Railway Service would play revolutionary roles in the development of the province.

On the occasion, NCP (NCP) General Secretary Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the province and federal government should complement one another and work together to wipe out poverty, backwardness, discrimination and oppression.

Likewise, Province 2 Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut accused the federal government of limiting itself within Singha Durbar and defended introducing the provincial police act as per the constitution.

Federal Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel, Minister for Physical Planning and Works Raghubir Mahaseth, Province 2 NC parliamentarian Ram Saroj Yadav also spoke at the programme chaired by NCP (NCP) Province 2 coordinator Prabhu Sah.