6 February 2020, Kathmandu
The main opposition party has obstructed meeting of the House of Representatives on Thrusday, saying the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) showed discriminatory behavior in Lalita Niwas Land Grab scandal.
The anti-graft constitutional body CIAA on Wednesday 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 Lalita Niwas land 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 corruption case was filed against some ministers and secretaries but some political and administrative leaders have been given a clean chit.
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 Niwas 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 February 7.
