Nepali Lawmaker shreds budget booklet over fund distribution dispute

Jun 20, 2024

Kathmandu (Nepal), June 20 (ANI): A Nepali lawmaker on Tuesday tore the budget booklet on the rostrum of the House of Representatives protesting the uneven distribution of the annual budgetary allocations. Rajendra Prasad Lingden, Chairman and the former Deputy Prime Minister from the opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) tore the budget booklet on the rostrum. He shredded the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure's budget booklet in protest. The chairman of the Pro-monarch party which now remains in opposition consistently has been opposing the budget since its introduction in May. Further, the RPP Chair accused the government of acting without any sense of shame or responsibility, allocating the budget arbitrarily without naming specific districts in the plans. Dissatisfaction has continued to surface from the ruling party of the incumbent alliance led by PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal over the budget introduced on May 28 this year. Former PM KP Sharma Oli and the lawmakers from the Rastriya Swatantra Party also have voiced dissatisfaction over the allocation of the budget claiming it only has focused on the constituencies of the ruling ministers.