RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden Protests by Tearing Up Budget Booklet in House of Representatives

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden tore up the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure’s budget booklet on the rostrum of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, expressing his frustration and opposition to the budget.

Lingden, who has consistently opposed the budget since its introduction, shredded the booklet during the discussion on the ministry’s budget. He expressed his anger and disappointment with the government's approach to budget allocation.

“Usually, I consider myself a person who expresses less anger and gets less angry. Anger sometimes flares up but subsides after a while. However, since I got my hands on the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure’s budget booklet, I’ve been so enraged that I want to tear it apart,” Lingden stated.

The RPP chair accused the government of acting without any sense of shame or responsibility, alleging arbitrary budget allocations without specifying districts in the plans. “The ministers in the government have done as they pleased while preparing and allocating the budget,” he said.

Recalling the traditionally lengthy process of approving plans, Lingden criticized the current approach, implying that the budget seems to be distributed at the discretion of individual ministers. “The Prime Minister is satisfied with just Gorkha-2. The ministers are content with their own areas. Even inherited property cannot be used at will,” he remarked sarcastically, adding, “Money mentioned in the budget is national property. We need to reform this electoral system.”

Lingden's dramatic protest underscores his deep dissatisfaction with the current budget and calls for significant reforms in the budgetary and electoral processes.