Journey to good governance begins: PM Prachanda; CIAA is investigating into misappropriations on Jalahari

Kathmandu / May 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the country’s journey to good governance has started.

There is a need to fight mismanagement and anomalies, he said while addressing the 19th annual general meeting of the Press Centre Nepal and the 21st memorial day of Krishna Sen ‘Ichchhuk’ at Shankarapur in Kathmandu today.

“People are feeling the commencement of a new struggle and culture against corruption and anomalies. I have also joined the struggle. I have taken this role amid insults and encirclement. We have both challenges and opportunities,” said PM Prachanda.

Stating that there are many issues like the passage of the government’s policies and programmes and citizenship remaining to be concluded, PM Prachanda, also chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre), urged the Press Centre Nepal to support the leadership as a volunteer.

Recalling his contribution, PM Prachanda said Sen with his multifaceted personality and honesty has become a source of inspiration in society.

On the occasion, founding members of the Press Centre, its central members, and injured and conflict-hit journalists were honoured.

CIAA is investigating into misappropriations on Jalahari, PM Prachanda says

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) was carrying out investigations into the complaints received on misappropriations on installation of Jalahari in the Pashupatinath Temple.

The government will assist in the investigation process, PM Prachanda said.

Sharing his views regarding the government’s position on this issue in today’s House of Representatives (HoR) meeting, the PM added that the CIAA shall pursue fair and objective investigation on installation of Jalahari.

Likewise, the PM said that dragging the opposition leader into controversy on misappropriation on installation of Jalahari is not appropriate adding that this is more concerned with the Pashupati Area Development Trust. “We have the practice to remove such statements from the parliament’s records,” the PM stated.

As the Trust is the entity to carry out its work on Jalhari and others, there is no doubt about the same organization’s involvement on it, the PM said.

Likewise, in the meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire directed the officials of the federal parliament to erase the statement from the parliament’s records made by MP Lekhnath Dahal what he said, “two billion rupees was embezzled in the purchase of health care materials and corruption was made by installing brass instead of gold while installing Jalahari in Pashupatinath Temple”. RSS