Kathmandu, June 2 (RSS): The discussion on the budget continued in the meeting of the House of Representatives on Friday too.
Nepal Communist Party’s Hari Raj Adhikari criticized the budget, saying it has intended to weaken federalism with very little budget to the provinces. Meagre budget to provinces indicates that it has failed to internalize federalism. Also worrying is that the allowance to elderly citizen was not increased despite huge expectation. The civil servants were also dissatisfied for not having their salary raised, he added.
Another lawmaker from the same party, Maheshwor Jung Gahatraj, viewed that the allocation of Rs 40 million to the members of parliament in the name of constituency development programme must be withdrawn.
Nepali Congress lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu said although the communist parties had sold the dream to people, the budget dampened it. In the country where people were facing scarcity of basic medicines, the dream of monorail was unnecessary and illogical, he said, adding that the budget has failed to set the priorities.
Concentration of huge amount of budget at Prime Minister’s Office would weaken the role of the National Planning Commission. It was worrying that the basic road construction plans of Province 7 were missed in the budget, he added.
Laxman Lal Karna of Rastriya Janata Party wondered why the budget allocated little amount to the agriculture. The irrigation and river control programmes in Tarai/Madhes were not included in the budget.
Nepali Congress’ Binod Chaudhary said the budget has failed to launch programmes to create jobs within the country while huge number of youths was seeking employments.
Independent lawmaker Chhakka Bahadur Lama complained that the budget did not pay attention to backward Karnali region.
Pradip Yadav of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal however lauded the budget for appropriate targets and priorities. The budget has prioritized agriculture and energy, he argued.
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