Congress vice-president Dhanraj Gurung, who has been advocating ethics, transparency and good governance on public platforms, has been accused of serious financial irregularities. The fact that MP Gurung, who was also the former law minister, and his then wife Jyoti Gurung embezzled 148.1 million rupees from Miteri Cooperative has not been settled, and the fact that he took 8.227 million rupees from businessman Meen Bahadur Gurung has come to light.

Dhanraj has claimed that he is not responsible for the crimes committed by his ex-wife when he is divorced and that he can take a loan from his brother (Meen Bahadur Gurung). But the facts and context seem to weaken the basis of his argument. So it seems necessary to conduct a fair investigation on him. In its report submitted to the House of Representatives on August 31, the Special Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Cooperative Fraud recommended that Dhanraj Gurung and Jyoti Gurung be investigated for misappropriating the savings of Miteri Cooperatives. The lack of investigation has raised questions about the intentions of the police and the government as a whole. 

Jyoti, who is the manager of Miteri Cooperative, claims that Dhanraj himself was aware of the misappropriation of funds. According to them, there was a discussion on this matter between the Gurung couple and the cooperative directors in December 2076. Soon after, Dhanraj and Jyoti had a mysterious divorce in February 2076. Even though it is said that the relationship was 'divorced' in February 2076, in February 2077, Dhanraj took a loan of Rs. Not only that, Dhanraj has also signed Jyoti's name on his wife's palace while registering his candidacy for the 2079 parliamentary elections. This has increased the suspicion that he misused not only the funds of the cooperative, but also sensitive matters like 'divorce'. That is why an investigation is necessary on Dhanraj.

On the other hand, he has taken a 'loan' from businessman Meen Bahadur Gurung to pay the debt of the same cooperative. Although he initially said that he sold the house and paid off the cooperative's debt, he said that he also took a loan from Meen Bahadur and paid off the cooperative's debt. At this point, his arguments seem incoherent. He   has argued that his house was auctioned as he mortgaged it to the cooperative, and even then the cooperative did not reach 91 lakhs and "blackmailed" him. But even if his argument is to be believed, who would be ready to pay that amount on the basis that probably the house worth more than one crore has already been auctioned or sold and another crore has been 'blackmailed' to pay? Or, fight a legal battle?

On the one hand, it is said that he has been 'divorced' and he feels that he does not have to be a partner in his wife's crime, but it is not natural that he would be ready to pay crores if the co-workers pressure him. Therefore, misappropriation of cooperative funds, 'divorce' and fraud in the cycle of taking and paying loans have created suspicions. Similarly, Meen Bahadur Lalita is a person who has been convicted by a special court in the embezzlement of residence land. He (Bhatbhateni) has also been convicted of tax evasion by the Supreme Court. Based on the investigation conducted by the CIB of the police in the embezzlement of Lalita Niwas land, the case related to labor filed in the Kathmandu court against 311 people including Gurung is under consideration. Dhanraj, who was the law minister at the time, took the alleged loan from Meen Bahadur is suspicious.