Kathmandu, January 4
The Public Accounts Committee in the House of Representatives on Friday failed to endorse the report of its subcommittee on alleged irregularities in the purchase of two wide body aircraft for the national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation.
The Committee failed to make any concrete decision after some lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party objected to the recommendations of action the report suggested for siting Civil Aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari.
Suspecting that the report was politically biased, some lawmakers also demanded that the report be rewritten.
However, there was unanimous agreement that the deal was faulty and it led to an embezzlement of millions of rupees.
Despite objection of some lawmakers, the subcommittee members representing the NCP had also defended the report claiming they wrote what they found to be true. Most members of the main opposition Nepali Congress also supported the report.
Following the indecision, the PAC Chairman Bharat Kumar Shah adjourned the meeting till 11 am on Monday.
