The general assumption of governance is that the political leadership brings a 'vision' and the bureaucracy implements it based on the foundation of rules and regulations. Where the professional relationship between these two parties is strong and transparent, the governance there is people-oriented. Good governance flourishes.

Where unprofessional and opaque relations between these two parties become strong, misgovernance flourishes. Nepal has had a second-class relationship for a long time. As a result, corruption often occurs in development projects and the involvement of the political and civil service class is seen in it.

Pradeep Adhikari, the suspended Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAN), is a character through whom the story and pain of the immense losses suffered by the country and the people due to the unprofessional relations between the political leadership and the civil service class can be traced. In addition, the campaign of purification that has become inevitable in both these classes can also be understood. For that, legal reforms, the activism of investigative organizations like the Authority, and the priority of the court are also expected.

CAN Director General Adhikari was arrested on November 17, and on the same day, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case against him and six others in a special court. The Authority has filed a case on charges of financial irregularities during the construction of a heliport in Bhaktapur's Nalinchok. The court has sent him to jail for trial in the same case. Similarly, a case has been filed against 56 people, including Adhikari, for causing losses to the state by unnaturally increasing the cost of the construction of the Pokhara Regional International Airport, claiming a loss of eight and a half billion rupees.

He is also being investigated in several other cases. But Adhikari's case is not limited to this. He is a detailed document of his climb up the career ladder, power acquisition, and corruption scandals by establishing close relations with leaders of major political parties. Through him, one can understand not only the ups and downs of an ambitious and corrupt employee, but also the story of the downfall of political leadership. The most concise answer to the question of why our governance system has become distant from the people is the rise and influence of Pradeep Adhikari.

Pradeep Adhikari is just the latest character to expose the unprofessional and self-interested relationship between the political and employee classes. But such characters keep coming to the surface every few years. For example, Bikal Poudel and Sunil Poudel, who are facing corruption charges in information technology procurement cases, are characters who grew up and were raised under the umbrella of the ruling and powerful parties. The CIAA has brought half a dozen corruption cases against them to court. Some were found guilty, some are under consideration. Some cases are still under investigation by the CIAA.

But the exploitation of the information technology sector by the Poudel duo was not only due to their strength. There, too, there was cooperation and mutual interest with the political leadership. Another character was Lokman Singh Karki. Karki, who was appointed as the Deputy Secretary by the decree of the then King Birendra, was the Chief Secretary during the People's Movement 2062/63. The same Karki, who played a role in suppressing the people's movement, was controversially appointed as the Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority by the parties within five years of the republic. For a few years, Karki ruled the world by creating tragedies in the political and administrative sectors.

Questions should be asked not only about controversial and corrupt employees, but also about the political leadership that is leading to their rise and misuse. Because, such a tendency of political leadership has been encouraging corruption, delay and misuse of budget. Even though the employee class is sometimes punished for corruption charges, influential political leadership often does not even come under the scope of investigation.

Whereas, it is not possible to believe that the political leadership, which directly interferes in the transfer and promotion of even ordinary employees and makes decisions in a way that benefits its own people, is not interested in the plans for contracts worth billions, and allows decisions to be made at the whim of the officials of the concerned office. In the case of Pradeep Adhikari, the top leadership of the Congress, UML and the then Maoists protected him because of the benefits he received from him. Therefore, when discussing Pradeep Adhikari or such characters, the political leadership cannot be separated. Therefore, breaking the 'nexus' that has been established on the foundation of corruption has become a challenging but inevitable task.