Kathmandu, June 10 -- Lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary probe into Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle after tax rates were revised multiple times through the Economic Bill. The controversy has raised questions about transparency, legal authority and the process through which tax rates were altered after the budget was tabled in Parliament.

When Minister Wagle unveiled the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2026-27 on May 29, few anticipated that the accompanying Economic Bill would become the centre of a political and legal controversy.

Within days of budget presentation, lawmakers began questioning repeated revisions made to the bill through which tax rates and fiscal provisions were altered. Opposition parties have gone a step furt...