The process of extending the deadline of the parliamentary special inquiry committee has been initiated which is investigating the alleged involvement of unauthorized persons in the preparation of the budget

As the parliamentary special inquiry committee has not been able to complete the work within the specified period, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota is likely to provide more time to the committee in today’s Parliament meeting. Earlier, 10 days time was provided for the investigation.
Surendra Aryal, secretary of the committee have requested that the required time be extended.He also said that the CCTV footage has been sent to the police to recover it and it is not yet decided when the report will come.

During the investigation, the committee questioned the outgoing Finance Minister Sharma for about 3 hours today. He has denied the allegation that other than the concerned officials of the Ministry of Finance were involved in the budget preparation.