Opposition from the ruling party saying that the budget is allocated on the basis of power and access

Ashad 5, 2081

Opposition from the ruling party saying that the budget is allocated on the basis of power and access

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There has been strong opposition from the ruling MPs saying that the next year's budget has been allocated on the basis of power and access, and that it has not been balanced. While the MPs of opposition parties, including the main opposition Congress, are opposing the budget, the MPs of the ruling party also opposed the budget in the House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday.

They allege that the budget brought by the government is discriminatory, and in some districts and constituencies excessive budgets have been allocated without necessity, but in some of them the budget has not been allocated even for essential projects. 

The opposition parties including the Congress and among the four main components of the government, MPs from the parties including UML, RSVP have opposed the budget. In this way, the question of 'whose budget is this after all?' is becoming complicated after the MPs of the ruling party protested. In the meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Abdul Khan, MP of the ruling party Janmat, has demanded to rewrite the budget as it is discriminatory. 

'Infrastructure budget seems to be limited to leaders and some regions and districts,' he said, 'Ministers should not have limited the budget to only some regions and districts in such an unbalanced way, but it happened. Now rewrite it.' Khan also claimed that due to the short-sighted thinking of the National Planning Commission, there was no improvement in the development work of the country. He said that because of the short-sighted thinking of the National Planning Commission and insufficient research, lack of research, practical and structural reforms in the country have not taken place. MP Khan also claimed that the Planning Commission has not been able to bring the corresponding program by prioritizing the plan that will transform the country. 

UML MP Raghuji Pant insisted that a budget should be brought in such a way that a minister should be from the entire country and accordingly represent different regions, communities and the country itself. "I don't want to comment too much about the Ministry of Physical Planning, a minister is not only from one constituency or district, he belongs to the whole country," he said, "You are not just a minister, you are an MP representing different communities, regions, districts or MPs who have contested elections. He asked the ministers to be MPs not only of a particular region, community, caste and gender, but also of the country. "Whether your work can show the ability to carry the whole country or not, that depends on you," he added.

Similarly, Santosh Pariyar, chief whip of RSVP, said that this could not be done because the budget should be made based on certain criteria. Pariyar said that since the past, there has been opposition because the budget was not made in a certain method and method. He said that there should be an equitable distribution of the budget. He said that the trend of budgeting should be stopped in such a way that such and such a minister becomes a minister. Let's make the budget now in a method, method and formula. We talk about equitable development. But why can't there be fair budget distribution? Let us now stop making a budget that will be used by such and such a minister," he added. A law can be formulated. Ministers may have special priorities, but at least it can be done that at least this amount of budget goes to all our regions, geography, constituencies. Why can't we make that kind of procedure? Only if that can be done, the criticisms coming from the budget and the government will be reduced. Otherwise, the debate on the budget will remain the same.' 

UML MP Tara Lama Tamang claimed that the budget was not in favor of federalism. "Wherever you go now, there is opposition to federalism. Good governance is said to be weak. Suffering. Many people are going out due to disappointment,' he said, 'has the budget done the work that requires a lot of attention?' He said that although there is a little hope when the policy program comes, the budget is not in a state of hope. "This kind of budget only creates disappointment in people," he added.

United Samajwadi MP Prem Ella also accused some ministers of focusing the program only in their districts. UML MP Gokul Baskota commented that the budget is like a party. "There is no balance of power, this is the truth, if it is bitter, it is the truth," he added, "the budget has been distributed from 20 to 25 lakhs." Will it be completed or not? I would like to ask you to think seriously for once. I say once again whether you will correct it or not.' 

RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden has placed the allocation book of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport for the next financial year in the rostrum of the House of Representatives. They tore up the booklet saying it was unfair in the budget allocation of the ministry. "When this booklet of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport came into my hands, I have been so excited since that day that I want to tear it up (tearing up the allocation booklet) but, as it is against the parliamentary dignity, I will not tear it and keep it here," leaving the torn booklet in the rostrum. Lingden added, 'It's not just my heart. Now, if there is such a thing to measure, it is a matter of the mind of all the members of the House of Representatives, except for the four constituencies, regardless of the party they are sitting in this hall.

Similarly, Gyan Bahadur Shahi, the chief whip of RSWP, also expressed dissatisfaction with the allocated budget. Is the minister of physics Nepal's minister or Dhanusha's? I have the data," Shahi said, "Dhanusha's constituency no. 3 and 4, the Ministry of Physical and Infrastructure has allocated a budget of 8.77 billion rupees to Dhanusha district. 6.7 billion in Jhapa. 15 billion 47 crore 49 lakh rupees have been allocated to Jhapa and Dhanusha.' But he alleged that 7 billion 36 crore 48 lakh 14 thousand budget has been allocated to 10 districts of Karnali. "Jhapa and Dhanusha have received only 10 percent of the budget from the Physical Ministry, while Karnali has received 4.89 percent of the budget," he added.

Congress MP Udayashamsher Jabara said, 'How much money have we received in our district before this? Why can't the road department ask the people's representatives like MPs, mayors, deputy mayors, etc.? Why can't the budget proceed on that basis? Why should the budget be divided only with the agreement of the Prime Minister, Ministers and employees? We are also the representatives of the people. He said that in the coming days, we should also take suggestions from the public on the concept of open budget.

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