Opposition Accuses Government of 'Jungle Raj' and Pressuring Constitutional Bodies

Kathmandu. The main opposition party Nepali Congress has accused the government of trying to run a 'jungle raj' by putting constitutional bodies under pressure. Speaking during an emergency hour in the House of Representatives meeting on Friday, Congress MP Khadak Bahadur Buda said that an invisible group is running the government from within Singha Durbar. 

MP Buda objected to the news that the Chief and other officials of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority were kept at the Prime Minister's Office and Council of Ministers for 9 hours and pressured. 'We hear that the CIAA officials were kept for 9 hours and instructed to issue an arrest warrant against a specific person, is this the rule of law or jungle raj?

He said, 'The CIAA is not a vigilance center under the Prime Minister's Office, it is a constitutional body. Its job is to monitor the government when necessary and maintain checks and balances on state power.'

Buda said that Congress would not obstruct any act of corruption. He said, 'Whether the corrupt person is a leader of Congress or from any other party, a former prime minister or a current official - no one is above the law. But the process of reaching the result must be legal and according to the law.'

MP Buda accused the Prime Minister of being afraid to face parliament. 'The Prime Minister is neglecting the parliament that made him the Prime Minister,' he said. 'Whether it is a matter of budget or border, the Prime Minister does not want to come to parliament and answer. This is disrespecting the citizens of the entire country.