78 parties did not submit expenditure details, shared was also missed

It has been found that 78 out of 132 parties registered with the Election Commission have not submitted their budget statements for the fiscal year 2075/076 to the Commission within the stipulated time. Even the common party advocating for financial transparency and accountability has failed to submit details in time.

According to the Political Parties Act, the income statement should be submitted to the commission within six months of the end of the fiscal year. The details provided to the commission should be made public after one month. However, the Election Commission's record shows that only 54 parties have submitted their details so far.

Deputy Advocate of the Commission Rudra Prasad Subedi said that all the parties have been directed to submit their income statement on time. He informed that the commission has also sent a reminder to the parties that have not submitted the details of the fiscal year 2075/76 yet.

Major parties including the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Nepali Congress and Janata Samajwadi Party, which are represented in the federal parliament, have submitted their budget statements for the fiscal year 2075/76 on time. However, the details of the previous fiscal year 076/077 have not been submitted by any political party.

"There are five months left to submit the details of the last fiscal year. We will come by then," said Deputy Attorney General Subedi.

There is no common party led by Rabindra Mishra in the list of 54 parties submitting budget details provided to online news by the Election Commission.

The common party, on the other hand, has claimed that the details submitted for election purposes also include income and expenditure details.

Sharad Raj Pathak, co-spokesperson of the joint party, said, "We had already submitted it for the purpose of the election, so we decided that it would happen." However, the commission did not keep it on record.

What happens if you don't understand?

There is a legal provision of a fine of up to Rs 50,000 for failing to submit income statement for three consecutive years. Apart from this, the commission may also take action to prevent him from participating in the upcoming elections. However, there is no example of being barred from participating in the election due to non-submission of details so far.

The commission has been writing letters to the parties not submitting their details on time. The last time the commission wrote a letter to the parties on July 10, it said, "If the parties do not submit the audit report, they are requested to submit it to the commission by mid-September of the current fiscal year and by mid-January of the current fiscal year."

The spokesperson of the commission, Raj Kumar Shrestha, informed that the commission is busy with the homework of legal arrangement to take concrete action if the budget statement is not submitted for three consecutive years.

He said that they have tried to go into the process of action by including those who have not submitted their annual income statement by mid-January.

Laxmi Prasad Gautam, chief and joint secretary of the law and political party management division of the commission, said that the issue of submitting the budget statement has been strictly included in the unified election law.

According to Gautam, a unified election law has been drafted. And sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs for in-principle approval.

78 Dalalē bujhā'ēnan kharca vivaraṇa, sājhā pani cukyō

 nirvācana āyōgamā dartā bha'ēkā 132 madhyē 78 dalalē ārthika varṣa 2075/076 kō āyavyaya vivaraṇa nirdhārita samayabhitra āyōgalā'ī nabujhā'ēkō bhēṭi'ēkō cha. Ārthika pāradarśitā ra javāphadēhitākō vakālata garnē sājhā pārṭīsamēta samayamā vivaraṇa bujhā'una cukēkō cha.

Rājanītika dalasambandhī aina'anusāra ārthika varṣa sampanna bha'ēkō 6 mahinābhitra āyavyaya vivaraṇa āyōgamā bujhā'unuparcha. Āyōgamā bujhā'ēkō vivaraṇa ēka mahināpachi janatāmājha sārvajanika garnuparnē vyavasthā ainamā gari'ēkō cha. Tara, ahilēsam'ma 54 vaṭā dalalē mātrai vivaraṇa bujhā'ēkō nirvācana āyōgakō rēkarḍamā dēkhincha.

Āyōgakā upan'yāyadhivaktā rudraprasāda suvēdīlē sabai dalaharulā'ī samayamā āyavyaya vivaraṇa bujhā'una tākētā gari'ēkō batā'ē. Āva 2075/76 kō vivaraṇa ahilēsam'ma nabujhā'unē dalaharulā'ī āyōgalē smaraṇapatra samēta paṭhā'ēkō unalē jānakārī di'ē.

Saṅghīya sansadamā pratinidhitva garnē nēpāla kamyunisṭa pārṭī (nēkapā), nēpālī kāṅgrēsa, janatā samājavādī pārṭī lagāyatakā ṭhūlā dalalē bhanē āva 075/76 kō āyavyaya vivaraṇa samayamai bujhā'ēkā chan. Tara, aghillō āva 076/077 kō vivaraṇa bhanē kunai pani rājanītika dalalē bujhā'ēkā chainan.

‘Gata ārthika varṣakō vivaraṇa bujhā'unē samaya 5 mahinā bām̐kī nai cha, tyatiñjēlamā ā'ulā,’ upan'yāyadhivaktā suvēdīlē bhanē.

Nirvācana āyōgalē analā'inakhabaralā'ī upalabdha garā'ēkō āyavyaya vivaraṇa bujhā'unē 54 dalakō sūcīmā ravīndra miśra nētr̥tvakō sājhā pārṭī chaina.

Sājhā pārṭīlē bhanē nirvācana prayōjanakā lāgi bujhā'ēkō vivaraṇamai āya vyaya vivaraṇa pani samāvēśa bha'ēkō dāvī garēkō cha.

Sājhā pārṭīkā sahapravaktā śaradarāja pāṭhakalē bhanē, ‘nirvācana prayōjanakā lāgi pahilē nai bujhā'ēkā thiyauṁ, tyasailē huncha hōlā bhanēra basiyō. Tara, āyōgalē rēkarḍamā rākhēkō rahēnacha.’

Nabujhā'ē kē huncha?

Tīna varṣasam'ma lagātāra āyavyaya vivaraṇa nabujhā'ē 50 hajāra rupaiyām̐sam'ma jarivānā hunē kānūnī vyavasthā cha. Yasakō alāvā āgāmī nirvācanamā bhāga lina napā'unē garī āyōgalē kārabāhī pani garna sakcha. Tara, hālasam'ma vivaraṇa nabujhā'ēkai kāraṇa nirvācanamā bhāga linabāṭa bañcita garēkō udāharaṇa chaina.

Āyōgalē samayamā vivaraṇa nabujhā'unē dalalā'ī patra lēkhēra tākētā garnē garēkō cha. Pachillō paṭaka āyōgalē gata sā'una 25 gatē dalaharulā'ī patra lēkhēra bhanēkō cha, ‘dalabāṭa lēkhā parīkṣaṇa prativēdana nabujhā'ēkō bha'ē ārthika varṣa 075/076 kō bhadau masāntasam'ma ra ārthika varṣa 076/077 kō māgha masāntasam'ma āyōgamā bujhā'unē vyavasthā milā'una nirdēśānusāra anurōdha cha.’

Āyōgalē lagātāra tīna varṣasam'ma āyavyaya vivaraṇa nabujhā'ē ṭhōsa kārabāhī garnē kānunī vyavasthākō gr̥hakāryamā juṭēkō āyōgakā pravaktā rājakumāra śrēṣṭhalē jānakārī di'ē.

Āgāmī māgha masāntasam'mamā gata varṣakō vārṣika āyavyaya vivaraṇa bujhā'unē samaya bha'ēkā kāraṇa tyō saki'ēpachi nabujhā'unēlā'ī samēta samēṭēra kārabāhī prakriyāmā jāna khōjēkō unakō bhanā'ī cha.

Āyavyaya vivaraṇa bujhā'unuparnē viṣayalā'ī kaḍā'ikā sātha nirvācanasambandhī ēkīkr̥ta kānunamā samēṭna khōji'ēkō āyōgakā kānuna tathā rājanītika dala vyavasthāpana mahāśākhā pramukha ēvaṁ sahasaciva lakṣmīprasāda gautamalē jānakārī di'ē.

Gautamakā anusāra nirvācana sambandhī ēkīkr̥ta kānunakō masyaudā tayāra bha'ēkō cha. Ra said'dhāntika svīkr̥tikā lāgi gr̥hamantrāyamā paṭhā'i'ēkō cha.