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Probe Into Corruption Charges against Ministers
BY KTM Metro Reporter
June 22, 2010: the state-run National Vigilance Center (NVC) directly accountable to the Prime Minister has recommended to the Commission on Investigation into Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for probing into the corruption charges on six ministers in the current cabinet according to the news of Nepalnews.com of June 21, 2010.
Energy Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has been charged with taking tens of millions of rupees from solar energy companies for stopping the import of inverters, Irrigation Minister Bal Krishna Khand with taking up to Rs 300,000 per person for transferring engineers and other employees serving at his ministry from the less profit-making offices to lucrative offices, Local Development Minister Purna Kumar Sherma with causing financial irregularities at various projects implemented at the grassroots level, Tourism Minister Sharat Singh Bhandari with taking a commission of Rs 30 million for installing CCTVs at the cost of Rs 60 million at the International Airport in Kathmandu, Labor Minister Mohammad Aftab Alam with not taking action against a manpower agency for using the permission stickers meant for a different company and of providing labor permission to women without approval of the concerned embassy, and Forest Minister Deepak Bohara with protecting illegal loggers in various parts of the country.
At the same time, Prime Minister Madhav Nepal has delivered a sermon on corruption to the state employees at another function held in Kathmandu on June 21, 2010 according to the state-run newspaper ‘The Rising Nepal’ of June 22, 2010. Prime Minister Madhav Nepal has taunted them with not performing to his satisfaction and not even enforcing his orders. He has charged them with not completing a number of projects of which he had laid foundations stones last year due to the red tapes means following the rules and regulations. Maybe, Prime Minister Madhav Nepal wants the high-ranking state employees not to follow the rules and regulations. Prime Minister Madhav Nepal has been a smart guy that does not follow the rule of law.
