Ruling Coalition and Opposition Parties Weight Budget in Parliament

<p>The deliberation on the annual estimate over the Revenue and Expenditure of Fiscal Year 2073/ 74 BS has continued at the Legislature-Parliament session today. <br><br>Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, expressed reservation over the budget citing absence of priorities and added it was inclined to increase inflation and cause pain than relief to the people. <br><br>Commenting on the budget, CPN (UML) lawmaker, Gokarna Bista, claimed the budget presented by the government for the upcoming fiscal year as practical and influential although some dislike it. <br><br>Mr. Bista said that focus on energy sector, infrastructure development, Kathmandu-Tarai Madhes fast track and north-south corridor instilled hopes among the people. <br>Janardhan Sharma from CPN Maoist Centre complained the budget which is positive in its structure did not talk of relief to those injured in the armed insurgency and people's uprising. <br><br>On the occasion, RPP Nepal's Vaskar Bhadra called for result-based implementation of the budget.<br><br>Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal (Democratic) lawmaker, Subodh Kumar Pokharel, commended the government for prioritizing the Budhi Gandaki Hydro Power Project. <br><br>RPP's Sunil Thapa spoke of the continuity of the government's incapacity to spend and appealed for presenting a base to control the likelihood of inflation. <br><br><br></p>