May 7-Kathmandu — The budget session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Today, Finance Minister Prakasharan Mahat will submit a proposal to discuss the principles and priorities of the appropriation bill for the next financial year.

According to the constitutional provision, the budget for the next financial year should be submitted by 29th of May. Before that, the annual policy and program will be submitted. According to the Parliament Secretariat, an ordinance to amend some laws related to the Civil Code will also be submitted on today’s session.

In the 92-hour and 30-minute meeting of the first parliamentary session that lasted for 110 days, no significant work was done, nor was any bill passed, except for passing the rules of the House of Representatives and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal taking a vote of confidence twice.

The parliamentarians said that the government did not answer the questions raised by the parliamentarians in the previous session, and the government should address the questions raised by the people’s representatives in the next session. The government is also under pressure to move forward the Citizenship Bill, which was not implemented due to non-certification by the President, in this session.