KATHMANDU: Federal lawmakers have stated piling pressure on the government to hike Constitution Development Fund (CDF) to Rs 100 million from Rs 40 million.
Lawmakers launched a signature campaign to this end on Monday – the very day when budget session began at a time when the local governments are already in place.
They have been demanding with the government to increase the budget so that both lawmakers elected through the first-past-the post system and proportional representation system would spend the budget at their discretion in their respective constituencies.
Experts have described the lawmakers’ demand ‘inappropriate’ as their demand came at a time they should have been dwelling on the government’s policies and programs and upcoming budget. Further, the CDF had been established in the context when there were local governments.
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