Kathmandu. The ‘Appropriation Bill’ submitted by the government for the next financial year 2080-081 has been passed by a majority in the budget meeting of the House of Representatives.
In the joint meeting of the Federal Parliament on the 15th Jesth Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat presented a budget worth Rs. 17 billion 51 crore 31 lakh rupees for the financial year. Finance Minister Dr. Mahat presented a motion to be passed. The proposal was passed by the majority of the House of Representatives. CPN-UML, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, Rashtriya Swatantra Party, and Janmaat voted against the budget. They did not vote because the budget was not balanced.
Before the presentation of the budget in Parliament, CPN-UML and National Independent Party MPs obstructed. They blocked the parliament demanding that the district election office be included as part of the allocation bill. After that, Speaker Devraj Ghimire adjourned the meeting for 15 minutes to seek consensus on the issue.
In the meeting held for the second time, Speaker Ghimire announced that Finance Minister Mahat’s proposal to pass the budget was passed by a majority. Soon after, UML whip Mahesh Bertaula demanded a division of votes saying that the proposal not to pass the budget was excessive. After that, the speaker started the process.
The Speaker gave three minutes to correct the vote. However, none of the MPs corrected their vote. The Speaker then announced that 147 votes were cast in favor of the budget and 108 votes were cast against the budget. Congress and CPN-Maoist Center had issued a whip to pass the budget.
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