High-level probe not necessary

A high-level committee is not necessary for investigating the 100-kg gold smuggling case and prosecuting the guilty notwithstanding the CPN-UML’s demand.

We have the obligation to discuss corruption cases in the Parliament, which is not happening as UML has been obstructing the House. If a high-level panel was formed to probe the Bhutanese refugee scam, we could have protected our leaders.

But we didn’t do that as we are committed to controlling corruption by bringing all suspects under probe and prosecuting the guilty. In the gold case also, police should be allowed to conduct a fair probe and book the guilty.

Parliament is a platform for the opposition to air public concerns, but UML is shying away from it. The government has opened files of the refugee scam, Lalita Niwas land-grab and the 100-kg gold case and even NC leaders are under probe, though the party is in the government. 

The author is general secretary of Nepali Congress