Rastriya Swatantra Party Leader Vows to End Bureaucratic Hurdles and Extortion for New Industries

Kathmandu. Balendra Sah, a senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has stated that the practice of having to lobby leaders to establish industries and subsequently pay donations after they begin operation will be ended. Addressing a party program in Itahari on Tuesday, he said that the RSP will create an industry-friendly environment.

He mentioned that the eastern region was the first in the country to establish industries and factories. Although there are industries ranging from edible oils to spices here, new industries have not been able to open, according to him. He stated that there is a situation where one has to face political and administrative hassles to open a new industry.

According to him, if one wants to open a new factory now, they have to appease 10 leaders and flatter 10 employees. Even if a factory somehow opens, once operations begin, donation terrorism starts, he said. He claimed that donation terrorism will now stop. He also emphasized the need to make the eastern region production-oriented.

He claimed that if paddy is fully cultivated in the four districts of the eastern Terai, it will be enough food for the entire country's citizens. He stated that agricultural produce from the eastern hills will be transported to the Terai. Sah also claimed that religious and cultural sites in the east—Mukulung and Khwalung—will be developed as centers of national faith.