Congress Objects to PMO Detaining Anti-Corruption Officials

Kathmandu. The main opposition party Nepali Congress has objected, stating that the Prime Minister's Office has taken control of and pressured the chief and officials of the constitutional body, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

In the House of Representatives meeting on Thursday, Congress MP Narendra Kumar Kerung, quoting a matter made public through journalist Sitaram Baral's 'Facebook Live', made such a serious allegation.

MP Kerung claimed that the chief and other officials of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority were confined within the Prime Minister's Office and forced to issue arrest warrants.

'It has come out that the heads of constitutional bodies are being confined inside a room of the Prime Minister's Office and forced to issue arrest warrants under duress,' Kerung said, 'If this is true, it is a shameful act in the name of democracy and good governance.'

He demanded the immediate formation of a 'parliamentary inquiry committee' to find out the truth of this matter.