The task force formed by the ruling coalition to draft the government’s common minimum programme submitted its report to the top leaders of the ruling parties on Saturday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel, who headed the team, submitted the report to CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli, who also heads the high level mechanism formed to cooperate in government functioning, at the prime minister’s official residence at Baluwatar.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal from the CPN (Maoist Centre), Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane from Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rajendra Lingden from Rastriya Prajatantra Party, CK Raut of Janamat Party and Ranjita Shrestha Chaudhary of Nagarik Unmukti Party were also present at the programme.

Barshaman Pun of Maoist Centre, Mukul Dhakal of Rastriya Swatantra Party, Dhawal Shamsher Rana of Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Rakam Chemjong of Janata Samajbadi Party were the members of the Paudel led drafting team.

The common minimum programme promises a time card system for the speedy delivery of government services.

The programme states that all eligible people will get Nepali citizenship without hassles.

“Within a month of giving full shape to the Cabinet, the government will end the situation whereby children of Nepali citizens are deprived of citizenship, solve other citizenship-related issues through the first session of parliament, and distribute national identity cards to all Nepalis within a year,” reads the document.

The document emphasises resolution of decades-old citizenship problems with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal trying to further strengthen relations with Madhesh-based political parties. The Janata Samajbadi Party of Upendra Yadav, and the Janamat Party led by CK Raut are in the ruling coalition. While Raut’s party has already joined the government, Janata Samajbadi has yet to nominate its ministers.

Coalition partners have also agreed to declare a public holiday on the birth anniversary of King Prithvi Narayan Shah on Paush 27 (January 11), which was among the major conditions of the pro-monarchy Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) to join the government.