In order to end the situation in which the society continues to stigmatize even though the law gives immunity, the accusations should be removed. When credible research is ensured, public trust also increases, which is imperative for transparency and democracy.
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Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Rajkumar Gupta has lost his post after the audio of the bribe transaction was made public. He resigned on Tuesday after the details of a bribe deal in two plans to prevent the appointment of the chairman of the Land Problem Solution Commission Kaski and the transfer of the head of the Land Port Office Kaski became public.
He was in no mood to resign, but he was forced to step down after strong questions were raised in the media, the House and the network. The resignation of the minister has only come, but the matter is not over. It is inevitable to carry out a detailed investigation on the details in the
audio and to make financial deals by abusing power and power. Authority does not lag behind in building moral values and legal system in politics.
Minister Gupta, an intermediary man and a woman can be heard in the audio of 9 minutes and 13 seconds asking him to call the Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Balram Adhikari to appoint Khem Bahadur Pun as the chairman of Land Commission Kaski.
For that, the middleman has said that he will leave 15 (lakh) on that day and bring 10 (lakh) in the morning. In the audio, one can hear a little about the transfer of the head of the Port Office Kaski. In the audio, the middleman also said, "The land of Pokhara is looking at us all the way, Minister, why are we sitting here looking at it like this?"
From this, it is clear that the chairman of the land commission and the head of the property have been arranged in collusion to kill the government/public land. Especially behind both 'deals' it seems that there is a plan to transfer about 134 ropani land in Pokhara-16 Batulechaur under the name of 'Chut Jagga' registration to individuals.
Nepal has a long list of ministers who have lost/left their positions due to their expressions, decisions, work style disputes and disagreements with the Prime Minister. Shailaja Acharya, Ramsharan Mahat, Mahesh Acharya, Matrika Yadav, Janardan Sharma, Gokul Baskota, Prabhu Sah, Sharatsingh Bhandari, Hari Parajuli, Sher Bahadur Tamang etc., come in the context of the resignation of the then ministers. In this too, matters related to involvement in cases like financial corruption are more serious.
The then Communications Minister Gokul Baskota resigned in February 2076 after the audio of the bribe transaction regarding the purchase of security printing equipment was released. The party took action against Dhakakumar Shrestha, the then MP of RSVP, after the audio of him asking businessman Durga Prasain for Rs 2 crore to become a minister, he lost his post in 2080 Baisakh.
Forest Minister Lakshman Kishore Chowdhury had to resign only last March after the audio of him giving advice on economic transactions while creating a procedure in the Far West was released. After 6 years, Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Gupta also had to resign due to the disclosure of the audio of the bribe transaction.
Minister Gupta has said that he has resigned 'so that the truth can be brought out'. The expectation of many is the same, the resignation of the minister is not a condition to prove the incident or take action. Instead, the concerned minister should not influence the investigation and it should be easy to bring out the truth. But a reliable investigation and conviction system has not yet been established. As a
, a complaint was filed with the authority at that time along with the audio of Baskota's bribe dialogue. But the authority put the complaint in abeyance in 2077 saying that 'no evidence was found to confirm that Baskota took bribe'. The second question is whether the bribe money went into the pocket or not, but the weakness of our mechanisms is not being able to make the MP or minister who was elected by the people's vote accountable even when the fact of accepting the bribe is public.
Because the authority did not conduct a credible investigation, Baskota is still carrying the burden of public accusations. Minister Gupta may be guilty or not, but society will always accuse him unless a credible investigation leads to a credible conclusion.
Even though the law gives immunity, the society continues to stigmatize the situation. When credible research is ensured, public trust also increases, which is imperative for transparency and democracy.
