Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Monday said that protecting people’s rights and their lives was the first priority of the government.
Speaking at an interaction with former officials of the ministry, Minister Khand said the government was serious about ensuring safety and security of the people.
“The very first priority of the government is to save civilians’ life,” he said. He urged the high-ranking officials of the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department not to compromise on the security of the state and its citizens.
The government is determined to prevent any anti-national activities as well as any activity against neighbouring and friendly nations on the Nepali soil, he said.
“We have signed the UN Charter,” he said. “Therefore, we are committed to preventing any activities against Nepal and friendly nations within the Nepali territory. This is a clear view of the government,” Minister Khand said.
Instructing the security chiefs to take the matter seriously, the Home Minister said that security chiefs could not say that they were not aware of it when the situation starts worsening. He urged them to be vigilant in any such issue in the country.
He directed the Home administration and security agencies to work with the concept of collective accountability and collective responsibility.
Home Minister Khand said that he was ready to encourage the security personnel and staff to work without risking their lives to save people from the COVID-19 pandemic.
He urged the former administrators, home administration and security chiefs to take initiative to increase the budget the security sector’s budget.
Home Minister Khand said that he would talk to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Finance Minister Janardan Sharma for increasing the budget for the security sector.
He said that he was a person who believed in command and control and would work accordingly.
Home Minister Khand said that he was ready to build a strong and capable home administration by accepting the suggestions given by the former administrators on the basis of their experiences. He said that the discussion was organised to move forward by sharing experiences.
On the occasion, former Home Secretary Umesh Mainali and former Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police Bigyan Raj Sharma presented two separate working papers on ‘New Dimension of Security Sectors and Challenges of Home Administration’, and ‘Strengthening the Security Sector including Police Administration under Home Administration’ respectively.
In his working paper Mainali stressed the need for setting up a separate mechanism to direct the CDOs of all the districts for immediate and effective action.
Similarly, his paper stressed on relocation of the central prison, establishment of correction centres at the province level and establishment of province level prisons
Similarly, former AIG Sharma suggested that the police should be involved in the immigration department, decentralise the involvement of CIB and Cyber Bureau down to the province level, and set up mechanism to look at the security issue from Nepal-based embassies.
Former Secretaries Tika Dutta Niraula, Chandi Shrestha, Mohan Krishna Sapkota, Padam Prasad Pokhrel, Surya Silwal and Narayan Gopal Malego, former Inspector Generals of Nepal Police Dhrub Bahadur Pradhan, Achyut Krishna Kharel, Motilal Bohora, Om Bikram Rana and Ramesh Chandra Thakuri, former Inspector Generals of Armed Police Sanat Kumar Rai, Durja Kumar Rai and former chief directors of the NID Deviram Sharma, Haribabu Chaudhary and Dilip Regmi were present in the meeting. Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Monday said that protecting people’s rights and their lives was the first priority of the government.
Speaking at an interaction with former officials of the ministry, Minister Khand said the government was serious about ensuring safety and security of the people.
“The very first priority of the government is to save civilians’ life,” he said. He urged the high-ranking officials of the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department not to compromise on the security of the state and its citizens.
The government is determined to prevent any anti-national activities as well as any activity against neighbouring and friendly nations on the Nepali soil, he said.
“We have signed the UN Charter,” he said. “Therefore, we are committed to preventing any activities against Nepal and friendly nations within the Nepali territory. This is a clear view of the government,” Minister Khand said.
Instructing the security chiefs to take the matter seriously, the Home Minister said that security chiefs could not say that they were not aware of it when the situation starts worsening. He urged them to be vigilant in any such issue in the country.
He directed the Home administration and security agencies to work with the concept of collective accountability and collective responsibility.
Home Minister Khand said that he was ready to encourage the security personnel and staff to work without risking their lives to save people from the COVID-19 pandemic.
He urged the former administrators, home administration and security chiefs to take initiative to increase the budget the security sector’s budget.
Home Minister Khand said that he would talk to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Finance Minister Janardan Sharma for increasing the budget for the security sector.
He said that he was a person who believed in command and control and would work accordingly.
Home Minister Khand said that he was ready to build a strong and capable home administration by accepting the suggestions given by the former administrators on the basis of their experiences. He said that the discussion was organised to move forward by sharing experiences.
On the occasion, former Home Secretary Umesh Mainali and former Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police Bigyan Raj Sharma presented two separate working papers on ‘New Dimension of Security Sectors and Challenges of Home Administration’, and ‘Strengthening the Security Sector including Police Administration under Home Administration’ respectively.
In his working paper Mainali stressed the need for setting up a separate mechanism to direct the CDOs of all the districts for immediate and effective action.
Similarly, his paper stressed on relocation of the central prison, establishment of correction centres at the province level and establishment of province level prisons
Similarly, former AIG Sharma suggested that the police should be involved in the immigration department, decentralise the involvement of CIB and Cyber Bureau down to the province level, and set up mechanism to look at the security issue from Nepal-based embassies.
Former Secretaries Tika Dutta Niraula, Chandi Shrestha, Mohan Krishna Sapkota, Padam Prasad Pokhrel, Surya Silwal and Narayan Gopal Malego, former Inspector Generals of Nepal Police Dhrub Bahadur Pradhan, Achyut Krishna Kharel, Motilal Bohora, Om Bikram Rana and Ramesh Chandra Thakuri, former Inspector Generals of Armed Police Sanat Kumar Rai, Durja Kumar Rai and former chief directors of the NID Deviram Sharma, Haribabu Chaudhary and Dilip Regmi were present in the meeting.
Source : TRN,
