It is natural for anyone to try to use political access to commit crimes. It is the responsibility of the political class to stay away from it. This is possible when the police can investigate the accused without any pressure or influence.
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The probe into foreign currency smuggling worth Rs 25 crore has brought the rift between politics and crime to the surface again. As the investigation on the driver Kusang Lama, who was arrested with foreign currency kept in the truck, progressed, it was revealed that the main planner of the smuggling was Narayan Paudel, the Maoist leader of Sindhupalchok.
His brother and Rajkumar Paudel, who was elected as the chairman of Bhotekoshi village council in 2074, was also accused of smuggling 15 kg of gold at the same time. Out of Paudel's four brothers, some seem to be involved in gold smuggling, some in hundi, some in foreign currency and some in blood sandalwood smuggling.
Political 'connections' are becoming common in big scams, irregularities and smuggling cases. The involvement of various political centers has been established in the background of many cases from past gold to dollar smuggling, massive corruption, embezzlement of public land, Bhutanese refugees. The dollar and euro smuggling this time is just a continuation of that. After the last case, if there is a situation where fair investigation and the real culprits face punishment, it will help to break the nexus of politics and crime, even if it is little.
The truck driver Kusang Lama was arrested on Chait 5 in Tokha with 13 lakh 69 thousand 150 Euros and 3 lakh 20 thousand 850 US dollars, which was going to be smuggled from Rasuwagadhi to Kerung, China, hidden in the "false bottom" of the truck. After Lama did not cooperate with the investigation, his mobile phone was sent for forensic examination. It was only then that the details related to Maoist activist Poudel came to light.
It has been revealed that Poudel, who has been trading clothes from Khasa since 2048/49, has gradually infiltrated the smuggling network and earned money, and has succeeded in influencing the leaders-employees, police and other state institutions. If there is no political protection, it is difficult for some smugglers to take risks and spread illegal and smuggling. But here, each other's interests are being protected. Many of its side effects have also come to the surface. To end this situation, the government, parliament and political parties should be sensitive.
People with criminal backgrounds carry party flags because they get immunity from joining politics. It has made our politics like an umbrella to cover or protect crime. Political parties, politics as a whole are drifting away from their original issue.
The class with which there is regular exchange of interests, naturally the party and the leader are close to it. There is a struggle to get them a position of benefit. Facilitates their activities. There is not much debate on the theoretical and ideological side between parties and leaders, they become opaque. At this time, the agenda of the people is on hold. People's expectations cannot be met. They don't even get the services they should get from the state. The relationship between the state and the people is only technical. This is what is happening right now.
Political party spending is opaque. They spend a lot in elections but do not show the real details. The lifestyle of the leadership is also luxurious and opaque. From election expenses to the background of the leader's daily expenses management, it is understood that the money involved in illegal activities. Neither the political parties and leaders have tried to eradicate it, nor the legal system of the state is of that kind.
If there is no harmony between legitimate sources of income and lifestyle, from ordinary people to politicians, the situation can be improved if bodies such as asset laundering, revenue investigation, abuse of authority investigation commission are closely monitored.
Citizens' role is also decisive in freeing politics from crime. Voters have the sovereign right to approve or disapprove a candidate even if the leadership gives the ticket. If you don't vote for a candidate who wears the veil of the party to commit a crime or to hide, then nothing can send a bigger message to the respective party and politics as a whole. For this, voters should be bound by self-discipline. Purification in politics is impossible unless citizens are disciplined and responsible.
It is natural for anyone to try to use political access for criminal activities. It is the responsibility of the political class to stay away from it. This is possible when the police can investigate the accused without any pressure or influence. The rest of the bodies also get to play their role in the same way. Political parties should also help in fair investigation without using power and authority to protect the people involved in crime. The accused of
crime should not be given a place in the team and the procedure of immediate suspension should be followed if caught in the crime. Strictness is necessary because the image of the country is tarnished due to international and cross-border crimes. But now the regulation of transactions directly linked to cross-border crime is lax. Therefore, a high-tech electronic checking system should be installed replacing the human checking system by staff and security personnel.
