MJF demands parliamentary probe on passport scam
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KATHMANDU, MAY 09 - The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) has demanded the government set up a joint commission of inquiry to look into the alleged misuse of diplomatic passports by the party lawmakers.
An emergency meeting of MJF Parliamentary Party held on Monday concluded that a parliamentary probe panel should be formed citing that the misuse of diplomatic passport is a serious issue.
The party convened the emergency meeting after the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) put four of its lawmakers under scanner for the abuse of diplomatic passports.
According to MJF Co-chairman JP Gupta, the party has decided to submit a memorandum to House Speaker Subash Chandra Nembang demanding a parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of passports.
The party has claimed that the CIAA’s move to drag its leaders including the party General Secretary under investigation was politically motivated. Gupta informed that the latest CIAA move has raised doubts over its impartiality.
Meanwhile, MJF Chairman and Parliamentary Party leader Upendra Yadav, who is also the deputy prime minister and foreign minister, is in Istanbul, Turkey to participate in the fourth United Nations conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
At a time when lawmaker duo BP Yadav and Gayatri Shah are in custody, the CIAA has demanded the Parliamentary Secretariat present the passports of six accused lawmakers including four from the MJF before the government’s anti-graft body.
Posted on: 2011-05-09 08:14
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