The main opposition CPN-UML has decided to protest against Janardan Sharma, who has been reappointed as the Finance Minister on Sunday, from the House and streets.
Chief Whip Bishal Bhattarai said that the party has decided to protest from the House and streets after the government turned a blind to the differing views of the parliamentary probe committee.
“The report was prepared by ignoring their views. We will go among the people with a different opinion,” he said, adding, “We will protest from the House and streets.”
Sharma had resigned from his post after the government formed an 11-member probe committee to investigate allegations that he invited two unauthorized persons to the Finance Ministry to two tweak tax rates on the eve of budget announcement.
The committee had two members each from the Nepali Congress, and the Maoist Centre, and one each from the CPN (Unified Socialist), the Janata Samajbadi Party and the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party.
The Nepali Congress, the CPN (Maoist Centre), the CPN (Unified Socialist) and the Janata Samajbadi are allies in the ruling coalition.
But, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba gave Sharma the responsibility of the Finance Ministry again after the probe committee could not find substantial evidence to prove that he involved two outsiders to make last-moment changes in the budget.
