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VDC secretaries call off strike

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Kathmandu, Feb 7: The agitating Village Development Committee (VDC) Secretaries have called off all forms of their ongoing protest programmes.
The VDC secretaries decided to return to regular duty after an eight-point agreement was reached between the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development and the VDC Secretaries Rights Protection Centre, according to assistant spokesperson of MoFALD Madan Koirala.
As per the agreement, the VDC Secretaries will receive the performance-based allowance from Saun 1 of this current fiscal year and to depute the them in the concerned village municipality or municipality where the existing Secretaries would be integrated in the new federal set up.
Both sides also agreed to request the government to hold local elections soon, so as to put an end to the absence of local elected representatives in the local bodies. RSS