UML obstructs NA meeting demanding resignation of FinMin Sharma

KATHMANDU: The main opposition CPN-UML obstructed the National Assembly meeting on Friday.

The agenda of the meeting was to table the Appropriation Bill 2079 endorsed by the House of Representatives.

Soon after National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Timilsina gave time to Finance Minister Janardan Sharma, UML lawmakers stood from their seats to protest the tabling of the Bill.

Later, speaking at the meeting, UML lawmaker Khim Lal Bhattarai demanded the resignation of the Finance Minister saying that he changed the interest rates under the influence of and to make certain people happy.