KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Parliamentarians Surya Pathak and Balkrishna Khad have written to the Federal Parliament Secretariat informing it that they are not taking the Dashain allowances this year.
In a letter on Sunday, Pathak, who represents the ruling Nepal Communist Party from Baglung-1 in the House of Representatives, asked the Federal Parliament Secretariat to withdraw Rs 64,070 which he was supposed to receive as Dashain allowances.
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He also urged the Secretariat to deposit the same money to the government's account.
Pathak's announcement comes at a time when parliamentarians are facing sharp criticism on social media for receiving Dashain allowances ‘even as the country is reeling under severe crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic’.
Meanwhile, Khad, who is the chief whip of the main opposition party Nepali Congress, said that he decided to return his Dashain allowances as “the country is passing through a difficult period created by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
