The women MPs of Lumbini have complained that they have not been able to participate effectively in the state government's budget and planning process. They said that even though they participated in the budget and planning process, their demands and issues were not prioritized.
Female parliamentarians have complained that they have not participated in the budget and planning process due to patriarchal thinking and the lack of women in key positions in the party, government and parliamentary committees. They complain that the party meeting is not held while the budget is being made and the party leaders and whips are jointly planning and allocating the budget. They are angry that women are not included in the decision-making process. The Lumbini government has allocated a budget of Rs 22.5 million for directly elected MPs and Rs 75 lakh for proportional ones.
Since the beginning of the planning process, female MPs had to stay out of the development process when male MPs sat in formal and informal meetings, discussed and made their own plans and budgets, UML proportional MP Basanti Neupane said. She told that although the budget has been allocated for the formation of Women's Council in the current financial year, the work has not been done yet. 'How many programs have not been implemented due to the lack of procedures,' said Neupane, 'women's capacity building, non-governmental organizations, ward offices, and cooperatives have not been implemented due to the lack of budget procedures.' The elected woman is Banke's Krishna KC . From Banke 1 (1), she has been elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly for the second time . 45-year-old Krishna of Rapti Sonari rural municipality-9 of Banke, who has been in politics since 2049, was elected by the Maoists and became the provincial minister twice. According to her, women like her have to struggle more than men to show their presence in Parliament. First of all, it is not easy for women to enter politics. Even if it comes, it is not easy to stay,' she said, a great battle was fought to reach the parliament. But meaningful participation has not yet happened.'
She said that despite the increase in women's representation, she hoped that it would be easy to formulate policy rules in the parliament to address issues such as women's rights and women's empowerment. "When the representation of women at the state level has increased compared to before, a new and historic change has been felt," Sasand KC said Has got the opportunity to become an MP. Even though there are accusations of giving opportunities to relatives and relatives, the Congress made Sushila Wadi an MP from the Wadi community through the proportional system . At one time, the main occupation of the Wadi community was to dance and sing in the palaces of kings and feudal lords. With modernity, the occupation of the Wadi community has changed now. The constitution has provided reservation for this marginalized community. Due to this system, the plaintiff community got Sushila Vadi as MP for the first time. He is imagining a beautiful future with Sushila, who has joined politics since 2065 and became an MP. But she complained that the voice of parliamentarians representing other communities that are fighting for identity like the plaintiff community is not heard in the House.
The population of Wadi community scattered in Lumbini, Karnali and Far West is 38 thousand . We have great hope and trust of the community. But we have our own obligations. What we say is not heard in the House. Even if it is heard, it is not implemented," she said. "Even when the regional development plan is laid, it is returned saying that the procedure does not match. Even if the program comes in the red book, the budget is not enough to implement the budget at the community level.
There are only nine women MPs from Banke in Lumbini province. Basanti Neupane and Saira Bano from UML, Maya Pun, Meenakumari Bohra, Sushila Wadi and Sanjukumari Chaudhary from Congress, Krishna KC from Maoist, Meenakumari Shrestha from Rashtriya Prajatantra Party and Amvika Kafle from Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal are MPs from here. 33 women are represented in Lumbini region. In which there is only one directly elected woman .
It is the experience of the female MP of Lumbini that all the programs under the targeted budget are being conducted through the Office of Domestic and Small Industries, Social Development Office. MP Neupane said that women MPs go through a proportional system, but even though the government only directly participates in the budget formulation process, they miss out on plan selection and budget utilization.
Provincial Assembly member Maya Pun said that the role of parliamentarians in the process of formulating the budget plan at the provincial level is not written, so there is a trend of participating in the government and only men who represent the party. She said that there is a need for unity because political parties are biased towards women.
'To prevent that, it is necessary for women MPs to unite and speak against the discrimination and inequality in the House and the government,' she said, 'Women MPs should focus on plans that have a policy impact rather than small programs and increase their activity in creating and implementing gender budgets.'
Constituent Assembly member Kamala Biswakarma said that women will not be given equal status even if they reach the House and the government because the view of women as poor and poor has not changed. "It is necessary to be active in the planning and budget and to continue preparations and discussions throughout the year for sustainable and gender-friendly budget allocation," she said Prakash Upadhyay says that programs should be made so that women who lead in the state assembly can increase their capacity and lead in the budget and planning process. "Despite creating policies and allocating budgets in the name of women, there is a problem in implementation," he said.
According to Lumbini State Assembly Secretary Durbham Kumar Pun Magar, even though it is the government's responsibility to implement what was said in the parliament, there is no question about it. He said that the time is given after the name received from the party whip at zero and special time. "When what was said is not implemented, the government should be questioned." We should keep asking for answers,'' he said, 'even when there is enough time at special times, there is a situation where many women don't speak.''
