Kathmandu, April 5 -- The second meeting of the Inter-State Council is slated to take place in the last week of April and much of the agendas will come inherited from the previous session. The first meeting of the council held in December last year had delved into topics like state laws, staff appointment, formation of commissions and revenue sharing. These same subjects are likely to dominate the upcoming meeting, since the federal government has done little to address the past grievances of the state governments.

"The meeting will be important for settling all unresolved issues regarding implementation of federalism as well as newly arisen disputes," Province 5 Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel told the Post on Thursday.

The chief minis...