Kathmandu,
Nov. 5: A meeting of the Federal Democratic Republican Alliance (FDRA), the
alliance of the ruling coalition parties, urged the government to bring a
full-fledged budget within third week of November.
The
meeting also directed the government to make a complete preparation to bring
the full-fledged budget, saying the country will be plunged into economic
crisis if a complete budget is not brought.
The
meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar, this
morning, urged the chairman of the FDRA, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, to continue
ongoing discussions with opposition parties to give a political outlet and
about the budget.
After
the meeting, Spokesperson of the FDRA, Prem Bahadur Singh, the meeting urged
the government to bring the complete budget within third week of November not
to push the country into economic crisis.
During
the meeting, discussion was held to present the full-fledged budget to the
President before Tihar if consensus was not forged with opposition parties on
budget.
At
the beginning of the meeting, Dahal informed about the discussions held with political parties
including the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML for political consensus.
Dahal
familiarized the meeting that the opposition has a stance on going for
elections rather than reinstating the Constituent Assembly (CA) and suggested
that the government should be converted into a national consensus government if
elections are to be held.
Spokesperson
Singh said Dahal put an alternative of promulgating the new constitution by
incorporating the agreed issues for political outlet.
On
the occasion, Minister for Finance, Barshaman Pun informed the meeting about
the progress made on preparation of budget and talks held with opposition
parties on budget.
The
Finance Minister had already held meeting with Chairman of the UCPN-Maoist,
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and Chairman of the CPN-UML, Jhalanath Khanal, for
political consensus. The coverage period of the one-third budget is completing
on November 15.
Similarly,
Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai discussed about the ongoing initiatives with opposition
parties for political consensus and budget.
After the meeting, Chairman of the Tarai Madhes
Democratic Party, Mahantha Thakur, told media persons that discussion on
bringing budget on time not to push the country into economic crisis was held.
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