Kathmandu, Nepal, August 15, 2019: Following the widespread suspicions of corruption, a five member parliamentary probe panel has been formed on Monday to investigate the alleged irregularities in vehicles procurement at the Parliament Secretariat.
Formation of the parliamentary committee to investigate the corruption of parliament secretariat has become the first in the parliamentary history of the country. Following the widespread criticism, Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara directed the chairpersons of the parliamentary committees to investigate irregularities at the Parliament Secretariat.
The panel, formed comprising the chairs of five parliamentary committees as members, has been mandated to submit report within 15 days, the Parliament Secretariat Bharat Kumar Shah has said.
In the panel, hair of the Public Account Committee, Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, chair of Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, Krishna Prasad Dahal, chair of Finance Committee and Tara Devi Bhatta, chair of National Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee are incorporated as members of the panel.
Parliament Secretariat had bought 11 Scorpio jeeps for chairs of the various committees of the House of Representatives and National Assembly. As the vehicles were bought at more than Rs 60,000,000, suspicions were riffed of corruption.
