The opposition parties, who are disrupting the House of Representatives meeting demanding the resignation of Home Minister Ramesh Akhtar in the case of human trafficking under the guise of a visit visa, will allow the government to submit the budget for the next financial year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel has decided not to obstruct the opposition party when presenting the annual estimate (budget) of revenue and expenditure for the next financial year in the Federal Parliament on Thursday.
The meeting of the opposition parties held on Wednesday in the office of the leader of the main opposition party Pushpa Kamal Dahal has decided to allow the government to submit the budget to the parliament due to the constitutional obligation. There is a constitutional provision that the budget for the next financial year should be submitted to the joint meeting of the Federal Parliament on 15th June. Leaders of the opposition parties have stated that how to proceed after the presentation of the budget depends on the government's steps.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called Maoist Chairman Dahal while the meeting of opposition party leaders was going on on Wednesday. At that time, Oli asked to be flexible in order to remove the obstruction of the Parliament as he had to present the budget. In the phone conversation, the Prime Minister said that he should bring the budget and remove the obstruction of the Parliament. Chairman Dahal replied that the budget can be thought positively. He has also said that he will give further advice on that on Thursday,' said Maoist MP Madhav Sapkota.
Maoist Deputy General Secretary Varshman Pun said that the opposition parties will be serious about the budget and take responsible steps. Mentioning that the demand for the resignation of Home Minister Akhtar in the case of visit visa remains unchanged, he informed that it will be strongly raised in the coming days as well. There is a constitutional provision to present the budget on June 15 every year. We will discuss the issue of bringing the budget tomorrow (Thursday)," he said. "We are sensitive about the budget as it concerns the salaries of thousands of employees, lakhs of security personnel, development, construction and industry." "We are serious about constitutional obligations and responsibilities, but the government should create the environment," he said.
