The parliamentarians from various political parties, including the major opposition CPN-UML, have expressed their disagreement with the government’s decision to provide Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala Rs 5 million for the treatment of breast cancer. A meeting of Cabinet on Sunday had made decision to this effect. Speaking in the ‘special hour’ in today’s meeting of the Legislature-Parliament, Prakash Jwala argued that the decision to avail leader Koirala the amount from the state coffers in an ad- hoc manner (without proper working procedure) had send a wrong message among the public. Jwala condemned, “It is utterly wrong to make decision to fund upto Rs 5 million for the treatment of a resourceful person while ordinary citizens are dying in want of treatment.” Comparing two incidents – the government providing Rs 6 million to former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav for his treatment and some allowances to his aide and a woman from Rolpa dying in Bhairahawa due to financial constraint, Jwala questioned, “How could this be justified?” He also drew the attention of the government towards formulation of proper working procedure for providing financial assistance in such cases. Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Dilanath Giri spoke of the need for the Minister of Health to give clarification to the Parliament for making such a decision. He stated that it was a wrongdoing in itself to provide money from the state coffer to those with access and influence and the leaders of the same political party while the Minister goes on publicizing about introducing new working procedure.