Kathmandu. The government and the opposition are at loggerheads over the licensing of the new stock exchange. The main opposition party, the CPN-Maoist Center, and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda raised questions about the licensing process of the new stock exchange in the parliament meeting on Thursday. Former Finance Minister and Maoist Center leader Barshaman Pun also raised the issue of the licensing process of the new stock exchange in the parliament on Thursday. Both Prachanda and Pun had said that the licensing process of the new stock exchange was moving forward on the plan of the interest group. Prachanda accused the interest group of having its eyes on the Securities and Exchange Board of Nepal and trying to obtain a license for the new stock exchange by making a directive that is not in the law. Prachanda also demanded that the licensing process of the new stock exchange be stopped immediately. Dahal had taken a decision from the Council of Ministers on 26 Baisakh 2080 to stop the process of licensing the new stock and asked for further study. Prachanda had also claimed that the billion-trillion-rupee setting of the capital market had been destroyed on the same … Continue reading Government and opposition face-to-face at the new stock exchange, Prachanda, Bishnu Poudel and Varshaman made sarcastic remarks