DHANGADI, JULY 13
Discussion on the policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year has started in the Provincial Assembly of Sudurpaschim Province following an agreement between the government and protesting opposition parties.
Earlier, opposition parties - CPN-UML, Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal and Lokatantrik Samajbadi Party -had boycotted discussion on the budget putting forward a 14-point demand. Their demands included removing plans that were out of the purvey of Good Governance Act 2018, and compulsory adherence to tender process for projects worth over one million rupees. Besides, they also demanded that the plans to build party offices and unnecessary buildings in the budget be removed and plans to build schools and health facility buildings be incorporated instead.
Following an agreement on the demands, discussion on the budget has now started.
Earlier, to discuss the demands, Chief Minister Trilochan Bhatta had called for talks with the leaders of the opposition parties yesterday morning.
While CM Bhatta, Internal Affairs and Law Minister Rana Bahadur Rawal, Physical Infrastructure Development Minister Dirgha Sodari, Financial Affairs and Planning Minister Prakash Rawal and Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Minister Mana Bahadur Thami participated in the talks on behalf of the government, UML parliamentary party leader Prakash Shah, Chief Whip Liladhar Bhatta and Work Management Consultation Committee member Baldev and LSP's Krishna Chaudhary also took part in the talks.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 14, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
