A CPN-UML member of the Sudurpashchim provincial assembly, Bir Bahadur Thapa, resigned after a dispute during deliberations on the budget. He said he had been denied the chance to speak before the vote. The episode has highlighted strains within the provincial coalition following an extended delay in budget approval.

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