The budget for the next financial year brought by the Madhes government will be discussed from Sunday.
A meeting of the Madhes Provincial Assembly has been called on Sunday to discuss the budget brought for the next fiscal year 2082/083. Madhes State Assembly meeting has been called for 1 pm on Sunday, according to the State Assembly Secretariat.
After state government finance minister Sunil Kumar Yadav presented the budget on June 1, the meeting held on June 11 was adjourned indefinitely. After Speaker Ramchandra Mandal postponed the meeting indefinitely at the request of the government, the MPs of the opposition party objected.
The opposition party had prepared to protest accusing the government of arbitrariness in the budget. After the meeting convened on June 12 was adjourned for an indefinite period before sitting 1 hour earlier, the opposition parties had prepared to boycott the meeting of the state assembly.
The main opposition Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal, CPN Maoist Center, CPN Unified Samajwadi Party and other parties had warned to boycott the upcoming meeting.
They also objected that the Speaker postponed the meeting without informing the opposition. Not only the opposition party but also the MPs of the ruling party are protesting against the budget brought by the Madhes government for the coming year. They are protesting that middlemen dominate the budget.
