LUMBINI, July 5: The CPN-UML, the main opposition in Lumbini Province Assembly, has finally decided to support the budget presented for the fiscal year 2023/24. 

The party had been obstructing the Province Assembly session till Tuesday, expressing its dissatisfaction over the government's annual estimates of income and expenditure for the upcoming fiscal year.

The government and the party had sat for talks last night that ended conclusively. 

Chief Minister Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has promised to address the party's concerns in the Provincial Assembly session and the UML has decided to allow the assembly conduct its business from today, according to UML Province Chief Tulasi Chaudhary.  

Chief Minister Chaudhary and Speaker Tularam Gharti forged consensus through talks with the UML which had boycotted the meeting. Opposition party leader Leela Giri, deputy leader Chet Narayan Acharya and chief whip Chaudhary participated in the talks. 

The Province Assembly which was postponed on Tuesday has been called for today after the agreement between the ruling and the opposition sides. The Province Assembly Secretary Durlav Kumar Pun Magar has issued a notice stating that the 17th meeting of the Second Session of the Province Assembly that was put off on Tuesday has been called for 1:00PM today. 

The notice says that the meeting has been called in accordance with Rule 12 (3) of the Province Assembly Regulation, as directed by the Speaker of the Province Assembly.