Kathmandu, July 15
Lawmakers have demanded an investigation into the ‘visit visa’ scam and the audio tape case involving a minister, and called for action against those responsible. As soon as Speaker Devraj Ghimire began the proceedings of today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, the MPs of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) stood up from their seats and protested.
After this, the Speaker granted time to Shiva Nepali, an MP from the RSP, to speak on behalf his party. Nepali demanded the implementation of the report released on January 25, 2022, by a team led by then Home Minister Balkrishna Khand, which called for an investigation into human trafficking from the immigration department.
RPP lawmaker Gyan Bahadur Shahi stated that if the ministers involved in various cases do not resign, the problem will not be solved. He emphasised that the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority should initiate action against the guilty in the wake of audio tape of some ministers’ involvement in the bribery case.
While he was speaking, MP Sunita Baral from the CPN (UML) demanded to remove the accusations against the Prime Minister’s leadership spoken by lawmaker Shahi from the records of the parliament. Speaker Ghimire informed the House that he has taken note of the issues raised by the lawmakers.
