PM Oli and his close aides manipulate the new budget plan. Here’re 5 instances

The government, on May 29, released the budget plan for the next fiscal year which was hailed by a lot of sectors. The budget has allocated funds to the health sector to tackle Covid-19 while education has been given priority while pork barrel funds have been cancelled for the fiscal year.

Even though many have applauded the government over this, there have been a few who have said that the budget is incredibly favourable for PM KP Sharma Oli and his aides. Officials who drafted budget plans in the past have even gone on to say that ministers and politicians even try to manipulate the budget to fit their needs. The manipulation happens primarily to appease their local constituency where they can claim they were the reason why the budget was allocated to a certain project.