SURKHET: Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has said that the government is primarily mandated for successfully conducting the election of the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5.

Inaugurating the Karnali Province–level Security Seminar jointly organized by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers in Birendranagar, Surkhet, the Home Minister stated that preparations for the election are progressing accordingly.

“Our main strategy is to prevent the country from facing any kind of potential crisis,” he said, adding that the government is working to ensure the election is held in a peaceful, free, and impartial environment, thereby helping to normalize the overall situation of the country.

He went on to say the public mandate requires elections to be held within six months of the dissolution of Parliament and emphasized that security challenges will be addressed by strengthening security mechanisms.

The Home Minister further informed that the names of all those who attained martyrdom during the Gen Z movement have been published in the national gazette and that the government is focused on providing relief to their families.

He stressed the need to bring Gen Z groups into the political mainstream to promote prosperity, development, and good governance in the country.

“Gen Z groups are not affiliated with any specific political party. They represent a collective force of energy, creativity, and talent, which should be utilized for national development,” he said.

Also speaking at the event, Karnali Province Chief Minister Yamlal Kandel said that peace, security, and good governance are the top priorities of the provincial government, which is making continuous efforts toward these goals.

Chief Minister Kandel directed the Chief District Officers of all districts in the province to work not only as administrators but also as guardians of good governance.

He urged the federal government to take Karnali’s issues seriously, including arbitrary fare collection, unsafe travel, the growing influence of narcotic substances, and the province’s recent emergence as a center of drug abuse, and to adopt effective measures to address these problems.

Home Secretary Rameshwar Dangal said that through the seminar, information will be shared about the overall security situation of Karnali Province, existing challenges, and the measures and management approaches taken to address them.

The seminar was attended by Inspector General of Police Dan Bahadur Karki, Director of the National Investigation Department Tekendra Karki, Chief Secretary of the Karnali Provincial Government Birendra Kumar Yadav, Armed Police Force Inspector General Raju Aryal, Nepal Army Lieutenant General Ganesh Kumar Shrestha, Ministry of Home Affairs spokesperson Anand Kafle, Chief District Officers from all ten districts, and heads of the security agencies.