Pokhara, November 17

Renaming provinces will be one of the major tasks of the representatives of provincial assemblies. However, most of the candidates contesting in the provincial election from Province-4 have kept silence over the agenda, so much so that a few candidates were even found unaware of this responsibility.

When asked, Lamjung Constituency-‘Kha’ left alliance candidate Prithvi Subba Gurung, who is also CPN-UML organisation department chief, Tanahun-2 ‘Ka’ Nepali Congress candidate Pradip Poudel and Kaski-2 ‘Kha’ left alliance candidate Rajkaji Gurung (CPN-MC) said renaming provinces was not a big deal.

“We’ll keep a name that will be suitable and satisfying for everyone,” said candidates in unison.

As per Section 33, Article 295 of the constitution, a province can be renamed with two third majority of the full strength of the concerned provincial assembly.

As for the matter of provincial capital, however, there is a tacit understanding among all candidates of the province — they all agree to make Pokhara the provincial capital. No voices of protest have been heard in this regard.