UML secretary Basnet attacks PM and RSP lawmaker over Bhaktapur's development budget

CPN-UML Secretary Mahesh Basnet has criticised Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Rajiv Khatri, elected from Bhaktapur-2, over Bhaktapur's development budget.

Secretary Basnet made the remarks at a tea reception organised by the UML Bhaktapur District Committee on Monday on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar, Nepal Sambat 1147 and Chhath.

Basnet alleged that a person who could not even secure a budget of up to Rs 100,000 had gone on to win the election. He claimed that the people of Bhaktapur, who used to demand budgets worth crores of rupees in the past, are now not even in a position to ask for Rs 1 million.

Basnet said this situation has hurt the morale and prestige of the people of Bhaktapur. He also alleged that a person who does not even have the capacity to patch a broken stretch of pitched road built by UML has become an MP.

He said those who have brought Bhaktapur to this state should be exposed, calling them "fake jackals" and "wolves in sheep's clothing." He said a serious review of the current leadership is necessary, and claimed that only UML has the capability to carry forward the campaign for prosperity.