Kathmandu, February 23
The main opposition party, Nepali Congress, on Sunday held the first meeting of its ‘shadow cabinet’ formed nine months ago. The meeting decided to investigate corruption cases that the current government is involved in..
After the meeting, Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Surendra Raj Pandey spoke in the National Assembly. “There are other cases of policy corruption, just like the case of former Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Baskota, that are equally alarming. The shadow ministers will closely look into such cases and report on them,” he said.
Nepali Congress had formed the shadow cabinet on May 20 to closely look into the incumbent government and its activities.
