UML Returns Rs 38.6 Million After VIP Treatment Controversy

khojsamachar.com · 5 days ago

The disclosure that the CPN-UML returned more than Rs 38.6 million to the state treasury to avoid a possible corruption case has once again pulled Nepal’s political culture of impunity into public focus. The pattern is not new. The same political protection mechanism had surfaced earlier during the Baluwatar land scandal, when the names of UML leader Bishnu Paudel and his son Navin Paudel were linked to the purchase of disputed government and guthi land. While the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed corruption cases against multiple individuals, the Paudel side was spared after returning the land to the government.