South Asian News Network

Kathmandu, May 28: The resignation of Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has been demanded in a meeting of the National Assembly (NA) today. Demanding time in the today’s upper house session, lawmaker Gopi Bahadur Sarki Achhami called for an impartial investigation into the ‘visit visa scandal’, urging the Minister to step down from the post, paving a way for an independent investigation. “The Chief and some employees of the Immigration Office at Tribhuvan International Airport have been already interrogated by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and concerns have been expressed over the suspicious role of the Home Minister as well,” he said, adding that the developments demand the Minister’s resignation. He alleged that the government with a two-thirds majority of failure to become responsible towards the citizens. In response, NA Chair Narayan Prasad Dahal said the NA’s attention has been drawn to the matter. It may be noted that opposition parties have continued to obstruct the business at the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament, for the second consecutive day today, seeking the Home Minister’s resignation. However, the NA session continues to run. In the meeting, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ajaya Kumar Chaurasiya is scheduled to table a proposal to send the Bill to Amend Some of Nepal’s Acts-2080 BS to the Legislative Management Committee for the clause-wise deliberations. —