Nepal, Feb. 3 -- Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Balendra Shah (Balen), a candidate from Jhapa constituency no. 5, has said that Nepal lacks the financial capacity to make education and healthcare completely free, despite constitutional provisions guaranteeing these services.

Speaking during an interaction with voters in Jhapa-5, Shah noted that while the Constitution promises free education and healthcare, implementing these rights in practice is not currently feasible due to budgetary constraints.

"Although there is a provision for free education and healthcare in the Constitution, there is no budget to support it, making it practically impossible to implement," he said. "With a national budget of Rs 1.9 trillion,...