The former prime minister further said the people involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam should not be spared.
Oli opined that the party would protest if attempts were made to implicate the innocent and let the guilty off. The central committee meeting began today. He said that attempts were made to implicate someone in a prejudiced manner in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. The UML Chair said that during the meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had urged not to spare those involved in the scam and not to implicate innocent people. He further said that the party suspended party secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi to help with the investigation into the scam. Saying people making Nepalis stateless and sending people to foreign land illegally are traitors, he questioned why the people arrested earlier in this scam were released. Chairman Oli said he during the Premiership of Girija Prasad Koirala had suggested resolving the problem by sending Bhutanese refugees to third countries after it was not possible to repatriate them to Bhutan. He added that he during his term as Foreign Minister had urged the then US President George W. Bush to resolve the Bhutanese refugee problem. Similarly, UML General-Secretary Shankar Pokhrel opined that the 'mission grassroots' launched with a plan to strengthen the CPN-UML as the strong national force would be reviewed. Discussion would be held on 10 different topics, including political report of Oli, report of central body, report of mission grassroots, action plan of provinces, division of work of central committee members in the meeting. The meeting would run till May 13.
