Before the Lalita Niwas land embezzlement case is over, the case of Tribhuvan University land embezzlement has come to the surface. If we look at the past examples of government land embezzlement cases, such doubts were on the surface at that time, the same doubts are still in front of us now.
Because powerful people are connected in both these cases and it is doubtful that legal action will be taken against them using political rapatap. And if many people do not believe, does Prime Minister Oli want to take a risk by taking action against the leaders of the ruling party? To say
, Prime Minister Oli has said that anyone who embezzles land will be brought under the scope of action according to law while understanding the report of Tribhuvan University's land and property search committee. Similarly, he has also expressed his commitment that the areas that have not been studied by the commission and could not be studied will be further studied and the topics recommended by the commission will be immediately implemented and further studies will be done on the remaining topics.
Looking at the previous events, it doesn't seem like the situation has been created to believe his words. Because the leaders of the political parties did not take the right decision on time and because they spent a lot of time on different topics, the Lalita Niwas case became a complicated issue for a long time. In this case, after five annas of land was found in the name of former finance minister Bishnu Paudel's son, not only Paudel was criticized, the entire UML party became defensive. As a result, it took a long time to get more than 143 ropanis of government land attached to the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar back to the individual's name. And, this topic has also left a lot of doubts.
Before the Lalita Niwas case ended, UML got involved in the land dispute of Giribandhu T-Estate in Jhapa. In this case, some of the statements given by Oli became not only controversial, but the questions of what is the interest of UML and what is the collusion in this case were constantly raised.
Just eight months ago, in the background of UML leadership questioning the decision regarding the sale of land in Giribandhu T-Estate, Oli asked the UML parliamentary party He said in the meeting, "I would like to say that 51 bighas and 19 bighas were divided into 70 bighas and the commission of Giribandhu T-Estate was given for sale." It should be investigated. Now we, the Nepali Congress, are not going to keep talking nonsense and we are not going to keep quiet and listen.' But now Oli is in a different situation. He is traveling to power with the Congress. But it doesn't seem that there has been much change in his quick and talkative nature.
Time will tell the question of what he said and what he did in the past. But the truth is, from the report of organized gold smuggling in the past to the latest report given by the Commission of Inquiry headed by former High Court judge Dilliraj Acharya to investigate the gold smuggling case, we cannot forget the past which was not made public. Therefore, there is also a doubt that the Prime Minister understood the report and that it will not be made public and will not be abandoned.
In this background, Oli has said that he is committed to the report of the Tribhuvan University's land and property search commission. But speaking alone will not solve all the problems. This time, he seems to have to prove again how committed he is to his word. Because the common people are also losing faith in politics and Oli and his contemporary leaders are responsible for that.
As in the case of Lalita Niwas's land, the issue of possession of the land of Trivi is also linked to the political party's leaders and their interests. Because Congress treasurer and educationist Umesh Shrestha, former education minister and UML leader Krishna Gopal Shrestha and others have been operating a lab school under Guthi on the land of the university. And this school has been using 180 acres of land for 24 years. The inquiry committee has clearly recommended to take back the land used by the school and to collect the government rent since the land was used.
The Commission has said that the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission and the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police should carry out a detailed study and bring legal action against those who allow and take private schools to run on public property without the permission of the landowner. Now there is no need to wait or get confused to start the investigation immediately. As in the case of Scout's land grab, the investigation was delayed and such apolitical activities came to the surface, it cannot be said that the same trend has not been repeated in the case of the University land.
Tribhuvan University can no longer proceed only by glorifying history. Due to political reasons, it is necessary to protect the assets of the University, which has reached such a low level that it cannot even use its own resources. Not only that, it is also necessary to take action on this report to convey the message that those who gain access to government land and occupy it based on many tikkadams and gain influence in politics based on these resources cannot remain in power forever. And for Prime Minister Oli himself, this is such an opportunity, which will prove that he can not only talk, but also show by doing.
