Finance minister Janardan Sharma was accused of bringing private individuals in the ministry and get their suggestion for tax rate change during budget preparation of 2022/2023. CCTV of finance ministry found to be deleted.
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2022 June: Finance minister Janardan Sharma "Prabhakar" was accused of bringing private individuals in the ministry and get their suggestion for tax rate change the night before announcement of Nepal national budget 2022/2023. Tax rates were changed in sanitary pad, electric vehicle, palm oil for noodles industry in the budget.
Minister Sharma refused the allegation. People asked for CCTV from the Finance ministry. Finance ministry replied the CCTV video for the tax preparation days were automatically deleted after 13 days.