The parliamentarians have alleged that the industrialists colluded with the government and increased the price of cement. The ruling party UML and Congress MPs have expressed their displeasure saying that the government has shown indifference in price control and the cement industry has doubled the price of cement.

The parliamentarians of the ruling and opposition parties have criticized the government for killing the consumers by doubling the price of cement. In Tuesday's meeting of the Industry and Commerce and Labor and Consumer Welfare Committee under the House of Representatives, MPs said that they should not remain silent even if the government does not turn a blind eye when the price of cement increases by 100%.

Opposition United Samajwadi MP Krishna Kumar Shrestha raised the issue and said that the cement industry has increased the price of cement by 100 percent by setting up a syndicate to harm the consumers. "In order not to produce more than this number of bags per day and not to sell it below this level, they are selling the cement worth Rs. To pay for the electricity, the cement industry has increased the price by 100% to the detriment of the consumers. We have to take action on this matter.' UML MP Mangalprasad Gupta, who is leading the

government, also opined that if there is no regulation on the issue of cement, the entire economic system will be in shambles. "Each industry can't get organized and set arbitrary prices like this," he said. Gupta expressed his displeasure saying that it is not right to sell cement worth 400 rupees for 800 rupees in an organized manner. "When the construction plan of the government was about to start, when the contractor set his price at 415, the industrialist did not make 815 rupees at once," he said.

Similarly, UML's MP Amrutadevi Agrahari said that the increase in the price of cement  She said that it would not be possible without the government's agreement. "Any such scandal should not be compromised by the ministry," she said, "They usually fix the price arbitrarily, we should move forward with uniformity." 'It has been a year since Hongsi Cement filed a complaint about the harm done to the people,' she asked the chairman of the committee, Abdul Khan, 'why don't we bring it to the meeting? What's in it?'

UML's Hemraj Rai said that there is a question in the market about whether the government is for fraudsters or for consumers. UML's Damodar Bhandari is leading the Industry Ministry. The MPs of UML have called the secretaries along with Minister Bhandari and demanded to question about the increase in the price of cement .