Kathmandu. CPN (Unified Socialist) lawmaker Rajendra Prasad Pandey has accused the two-thirds strong government of bringing the budget against the expectations of the people. Pandey said this while participating in a theoretical discussion on the annual estimates of revenue and expenditure in the House of Representatives meeting on Sunday.
He said that the prime minister, the finance minister of the communist party and the two-thirds government were said to be committed to building socialism-oriented economy as mentioned in the constitution, but the budget could not come accordingly.
Alleging that the budget is a document of agreement between the traders and the government, Pandey claimed that the capitalism of the parties, which are very weak of a strong government and do not tire of socialism, has been manifested in the budget.
“One of the opposition parties in parliament is shouting slogans. Human trafficking took place through the visit visa process. Raising the issue that the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Home Affairs has been involved. We also had a situation of disruption in this Parliament till 30. An agreement has been reached between the ruling party and the opposition after the government was ready for the investigation on May 30. The Home Minister has promised to conduct an inquiry within 30 days. I think as per the commitment of the Home Minister, this investigation can be done in three days, not 30 days. In particular, pay attention to investigating what are the policy, structural, and legal problems within immigration. ‘
“At present, the revenue and foreign grants are not able to meet the current and financial expenses. Even after revenue and foreign grants, it is rs 595.66 billion less. Which the government is thinking of fulfilling by taking loans. In the current fiscal year, the government had set a target of mobilising Rs 1,419 billion in revenue, but the revised estimate is Rs 1,127 billion. Similarly, foreign grant of Rs 52.32 billion was expected in the current fiscal year. At present, only Rs 34.79 billion is revised. Looking at the foreign grant three years ago, 24 billion was expected to be 63 billion, 44 billion was expected to be 23 billion, 49 billion was expected, 24 billion in such a situation. Looking at this, the revenue cannot be mobilized as per the government’s expectation,” he said.
He said that there was no credibility to implement the budget as interest on loans, ordinary expenses could not be reduced, revenue was not raised as per the target and foreign grants were not as per the target.
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