Ph.D. in economics doesn’t mean people don’t indulge in corruption: Gyanendra Shahi

लगानी न्यूज

५ असार २०८३, शुक्रबार १२:२८June 19, 2026

. Gyanendra Shahi, a lawmaker from the opposition party, accused the government of ignoring the tax evasion and the Auditor General’s report through the budget.

He disagreed with the reduction in health insurance for the poor and disadvantaged citizens, the burden of additional tax on hospital services and electricity, and the criteria for distributing farmers’ grants.TAG_OPEN_div_30

} “The government has made a provision to provide subsidy to farmers who have invested up to two crore rupees,” he said. We have opposed it. Have we made a mistake?” he said, adding that the government’s priority should be for small and genuine farmers.

Shahi claimed that the government was not serious about the issue of tax evasion in the budget and the report of the Auditor General.TAG_OPEN_div_26 “We have opposed it. Standing on the rostrum of the parliament, the Prime Minister said that India has encroached the border with Nepal. We could not clap the statement saying it was true,” he said.

He said that the government has protested against the government’s decision to cut the health insurance coverage of poor and poor citizens and to increase the burden of tax on hospital services and electricity.TAG_OPEN_div_24

‘We have said that the good work done by the government is good. But we are always wary of bad deeds. We stand alone,” he said. “We have not questioned the finance minister’s university certificate. We have raised questions about whether the customs rate was changed or not, whether there was information leakage or not, whether the revenue of the state was damaged or not. ’

He also questioned why the Prime Minister’s Office stopped vehicles at the customs for two weeks if there was no information leak related to electric vehicles.TAG_OPEN_div_20

‘The MPs of the ruling party have asked to come with charts and proofs. But such evidence is not something that a person can carry. For this, a parliamentary inquiry committee is necessary. That’s why we have demanded the committee,” he said.

He also commented that it is not written anywhere that a person with a PhD in economics is free from corruption.TAG_OPEN_div_16 “Dr. “We have examples of big corruption cases when Yubaraj Khatiwada, Prakash Sharan Mahat and Ram Sharan Mahat were the finance ministers,” he said.