KATHMANDU: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has urged the government to form a powerful high-level commission to investigate the properties of post-1991 politicians and bureaucrats.
Speaking at a program in the capital today, Thapa said the government should form the commission entrusting it to carry out its tasks in an independent, fair manner.
Thapa also emphasized the need for nationalizing the properties deposited in foreign banks by Nepali nationals. “The government should immediately freeze the bank accounts of Nepali people,” he said.
The RPP supremo also urged the government to take legal action against people indulging in illegal transactions.
On the occasion, Thapa asked the government implicate those involved in the wide-body aircraft purchase scam. “All those who have been found to be involved in tax evasion scam should be punished,” Thapa demanded.
He also came down heavily on the government for failing to take action against some elements, who are carrying out activities aimed at disintegrating the country.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Thapa asked the government to take what he said ‘diplomatic initiatives’ to bring back the encroached upon Nepali territory at Lipulek, Susta, and Kalapani, among others.
He said it his high time that the government reviewed the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship. Thapa, a staunch supporter of constitutional monarchy, also called for a round table conference to establish a system accommodating all political forces.
RPP Chairman Thapa also reinforced the need for a referendum to decide the fate of federalism in the country.
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