The budget session of Parliament, which is scheduled to begin on May, 3 will have parliamentary regulations and important bills related to implementation of the constitution on priority.

The endorsement of parliamentary regulations is crucial to enter the Parliament businesses. Over 100 new laws need to be formulated for the implementation of the constitution.

Following the promulgation of the constitution, the Constituent Assembly (CA) was turned into Parliament and there are only ad-hoc regulations in place.

“Though it is budget session, bills related to implementation of the new constitution and other urgent bills will be presented during this session,” said Babin Sharma, press adviser to Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar. “The government should provide more business to the House.”

Tabling of government policies and programmes, pre-budget discussion and presentation of the fiscal budget are other important tasks for the House during this session.

Efforts to finalise parliamentary regulations have hit a snag due to dispute between ruling and the opposition parties.

The ruling and opposition parties are at odds mainly over the size of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee.

A meeting of a committee responsible for finalising parliamentary regulations has been called for May 2, a day before the start of the House session.

Earlier, a plan to conduct voting to finalise the disputes over regulations could not materialise after lawmakers from the main opposition Nepali Congress decided to remain absent.

“We are identifying the important bills registered by government. We will come up with a list within a couple of days,” said Bharat Raj Gautam, spokesperson for the Parliament Secretariat.

During the initial days of the House session, bills related to local elections will be tabled in Parliament. The winter session of Parliament was completely engaged in implementation of transitional provisions of the constitution such as election of president, prime minister, House Speaker and deputy Speaker.

In the meantime, the main opposition party is preparing to raise issues related to delay in the reconstruction process and supply of daily essentials during this session.

The main opposition has also objected to the government decision on some appointments and ambassadorial recommendations.