HoR meeting taking place at 11 am

KATHMANDU: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place at 11 am today.

The meeting was postponed till 11:00 am Wednesday due to the obstruction by CPN-UML lawmakers on Tuesday.

The lawmakers from the main opposition party demanded a parliamentary probe into the involvement of unauthorized persons during the budget-making process for the upcoming fiscal year 2022/23.

The UML lawmakers obstructed Tuesday’s session by standing up from their respective seats in a gesture of protest while deliberation on the Appropriation Bill for the upcoming fiscal year was ongoing at House.

They sought the CCTV footage of the Finance Ministry of May 29 midnight — a day before the budget was made public, and a parliamentary inquiry into the Finance Minister.

The party’s demand for CCTV footage and probe comes after Minister Sharma clarified in the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on Tuesday that there had been no unauthorized access into the ministry that day.

Earlier, Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma had responded to matters of public concern.

UML whip Bishal Bhattarai then said that Finance Minister’s responses were not convincing and asserted that the parliament would not hold a meeting until a parliamentary probe was conducted.

Meanwhile, the UML party is likely to obstruct the proceedings today as well.