Standing committee member of the ruling CPN Surendra Pandey criticized the government's performance in the past one year.
"Nothing can be achieved when the government only uses the mouth without doing the math about what should be done in practical life," Pandey said in an interview with Setopati. He pointed that public expectations rise if the government only uses the mouth, and advised the government to use the brain on how to work.
He also lamented that the government blew its own trumpet claiming that everything can be achieved by the government with two-third majority. "The country's income doesn't rise by two-third the day after the government with two-third majority is formed. Capacity also doesn't increase by two-third," he added.
He said the government should perform no matter how big its majority is. "The truth is whatever development capacity and the problems there were in the past, they all remain even today."
He criticized the government for not being able to deliver despite the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) not creating any obstruction. "Congress has not fundamentally obstructed us now. It has not opposed in the important projects the government is bringing. I feel the top leadership of Congress, with experience of running the government in the past, wishes that the government takes the right path."
Pandey also blamed the party leadership for failure of the government. "The brain of our leadership is only wired for revolution, not to build the country," he claimed. "The current problem has arisen due to the practice of only making sporadic remarks without considering what needs to be done when the rein of the government comes to one's hands."
Pandey, a former finance minister, also expressed concern about the current economic conditions. "Trade deficit rocketed to Rs 780 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year. This means it will rise to around Rs 1.50 trillion this year. This means trade deficit will exceed the country's annual budget this year," he reasoned. "The size of GDP at the end of last fiscal year was Rs 3 trillion. It may rise at the end of current fiscal year. But trade deficit this year still will be over 45 percent of the GDP."
He pointed that the annual budget has been downgraded to Rs 1.10 trillion from Rs 1.315 trillion after the six months due to the poor performance of government. "The budget has been downgraded citing lack of revenue generation and expenditure. The government claims it will spend the budget and generate revenue but both revenue generation and expenditure have shrunk, and the trade deficit is escalating in a disastrous manner."
