Nepal political parties to discuss fiscal year's Budget today

Kathmandu, Sept 18 : At least 25 political parties representing the Constituent Assembly (CA) is due to discuss the fiscal year's 2008-09 Budget here today.

The government is scheduled to present the fiscal year's budget at the assembly tomorrow.

The discussion will be headed by Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattrai in which he will inform the other parties about the budget in a meeting of the Constituent Assembly.

Meanwhile, some parties have poured their dissatisfaction over the lack of discussion prior to the formulation of the budget.

According to the Nepali Congress (NC) the discussion was a mere formality.

Nepali Congress Central Committee member Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat said that it was too late for the discussion as the government is scheduled to unveil the budget tomorrow itself.

He added that the government did not discuss with the Economic Committee and other parties before finalising the budget.

"The Nepali Congress being a major opposition party will raise the issue about the budget on today's discussion," Dr Mahat said, Kantipur reported.

ANI