Finance Minister Surendra Pandey (File photo)Finance Minister Surendra Pandey has said that the government was compelled to declare the budget through ordinance in order to save the country from an imminent economic crisis.

Speaking at a press meet organised in Bharatpur of Chitwan Tuesday, Finance Minister Pandey said that the government will take action against UCPN (Maoist) lawmakers who attacked him while he was about to present the budget for the fiscal year 2067/68 in the parliament and engaged in other acts of vandalism.

He further opined that those former Maoist combatants who participated in the party’s extended meeting in Palungtar of Gorkha are political cadres and they shouldn’t be considered for integration into the state security forces. nepalnews.com