Kathmandu, February 7: The main opposition party has obstructed the meeting of the House of Representatives yesterday saying the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) showed discriminatory behaviors in the Lalita Niwas Land Grab scandal. The anti-graft constitutional body on Wednesday had filed a corruption case at the Special Court against 175 people including former Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy-leader of the NC Parliamentary Party, Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar, indicting them in the very scandal.
The meeting was postponed without entering the agenda due to the obstruction of the lawmakers of the main opposition party. Demanding time from the Speaker at the beginning of the meeting, Nepali Congress whip Pushpa Bhusal objected that the corruption case was filed against some ministers and secretaries while some political and administrative leaders have been given a clean chit.
She said, “The state is trying to keep all bodies under its influence and control. Wednesday’s move of the CIAA is its example. The constitutional bodies should not keep political vendetta under political influence. Have we brought the democracy and inclusive constitution for this?”
All the lawmakers of the NC stood from their seats as a protest after lawmaker Bhusal informed that today’s house business could not move ahead in the protest of ‘discrimination on Lalita Niwa’s scandal’. Saying the bodies concerned might have paid attention towards the view of the NC, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota postponed the meeting after NC lawmakers continued their protest despite Sapkota’s frequent request to run the house proceedings. The next meeting has been scheduled for today (Feb 7)
