The Karnali government has been sluggish since the Gen-G-led movement. The government has neither put forward a concrete plan for the reconstruction of the structures damaged during the movement nor is development work accelerating. The Karnali government has barely been able to spend 7 percent of the budget in the first five months of the current fiscal year. Which is the lowest expenditure so far.

The government's work has not been effective due to the shutdown in Karnali for almost four and a half months. The cabinet has met only twice since the Gen-G movement in Karnali. A meeting held on Asoj 28, a month and a half after the movement, allocated a budget of 88.5 million rupees for the martyrs' memorial allowance, while the meeting held on Mangsir 1 could not make any decision other than merging the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law with the Chief Minister's Office.

According to the Provincial Accounts Controller's Office, the government, which brought a budget of 32.99 billion this year, has been able to spend only 2.31 billion rupees by mid-Mangsir. Which is only 7.2 percent of the budget. While the current budget is being spent regularly, the government seems indifferent to the implementation of the development budget. The office has stated that only 651 million rupees (3.26 percent) has been spent by mid-Mangsir out of a budget of 19.98 billion rupees brought for capital expenditure.

Out of the current budget of Rs 12.39 billion, Rs 1.66 billion (13.42 percent) has been spent in 5 months. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development, which has received the highest budget for development and construction, has not yet been able to award contracts for 267 multi-year plans. Of these, 108 projects were submitted to the Provincial Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance two months ago, but a decision has not yet been made, said Ramesh Subedi, spokesperson for the ministry.

According to him, this year the ministry has allocated budget for 743 plans. Out of which, only about 100 new plans have been implemented, he said. 'How many other plans have gone through the contracting process, how many are in the evaluation stage,' he said, 'There has been a problem in implementing plans for which the source has not been assured.'

Similarly, in the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy Development, which has about 1,300 plans, barely 300 plans have been implemented. Ministry spokesperson Padmaraj Devkota said that the expenditure in the previous quarter was reduced due to delays in the budget authorization and contract process, protests, Dashain-Tihar, etc.

Former Deputy Secretary Khamba Prasad Thani said that looking at the government's first quarter expenditure, it is seen that the development will continue this year too. 'The provincial government has failed to implement the budget every year by making various excuses, this year too the Genji movement was used as an excuse,' he said, 'Development construction is at a standstill everywhere, service delivery is also disrupted, how will the people feel about the provincial government in such a situation?' During the Genji-led movement, 38 different structures, including the Karnali Provincial Assembly, have been set on fire and vandalized. But due to the slowness of the provincial government, the details of the damage have not yet been confirmed.

Provincial Assembly Secretariat Secretary Jivraj Budhathoki said that the parliament has not been able to hold meetings for almost four and a half months after the Provincial Assembly Secretariat was damaged due to the fire. According to him, the sixth session of the second term of the Karnali Provincial Assembly ended on August 21. After the agitation, the assembly hall, secretariat, meeting hall, offices of three parliamentary parties, and two thematic committee buildings out of the 23 blocks of the Provincial Assembly were completely destroyed, making the Provincial Assembly meeting uncertain.

The Provincial Sports Development Council and the Provincial Public Service Commission have been without leadership for almost a year due to the failure to agree on a division of power between the ruling UML and the Nepali Congress in Karnali. The post of member secretary of the Sports Council has been vacant since December 20 last year. Due to this, the 10th National Games to be held in Karnali has become uncertain, while senior member Basanti Shahi has been working as the acting chairperson of the Public Service Commission since December 20 last year.