October 4: Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the exorbitant price hike of daily essentials and ethnic and communal clashes erupting in different parts of the country.

Speaking at a meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the lawmakers demanded strong enforcement of law and order to address the issue of communal and ethnic clashes. They also raised the problems faced by the farmers, and the victims of natural disasters including landslide and floods.    
Thakur Prasad Gaire suggested that the government should focus on infrastructure development. Artificial shortage of goods and price hike on the run-up to the festivals is worrying, he said.    
Janardan Sharma said time has come to effectively enforce citizen's rights provisioned in the constitution. Peace and order should be maintained in this multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country as per the spirit of the constitution, he said, urging the government to create such atmosphere that the incidents that occurred in eastern Tarai and Nepalgunj would not repeat again.
Hari Dhakal expressed concern saying why none was worried about the declining economy.    
Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan said that the country needs to improve good governance.    
Pradip Yadav said why some businesspersons were not paying electricity tariff despite repeated prodding by Nepal Electricity Authority.    
Abdul Khan demanded government to removed double taxation on NRNs if they invest in Nepal.    
Ram Prakash Chaudhary shared that farmers in some eastern Tarai districts were facing hard times due to scant rainfall, so their problems should be addressed.    
Similarly, Chitra Bahadur KC questioned why those who failed in exam were recommended for district judges. He further argued it Nepal could not afford federalism.    
Dr Amaresh Kumar Singh drew the government's attention towards rising cases of attacks on doctors. -- RSS