The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has raised the issue of CPN keeping its central office in government land in the parliament.
Speaking in the House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday, NC whip Pushpa Bhusal stated that all are equal under the law but the ruling party is more equal than others.
Kantipur daily on Tuesday has published a news report stating that the party's central office in Dhumbarahi is in public land. The-then CPN-UML party had rented the building of Pasang Lhamu Academy after the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 damaged its party office in Balkhu. It is now the central office of ruling CPN after unification of the then UML and CPN (Maoist Center).
The academy has itself leased the place from government. The working procedure for registration and leasing of government land states that the leased property cannot be provided to a third party.
Bhusal raised the issue of use of three roapnis seven annas and two paisas of government land leased to operate a mountaineering academy. "Questions have been raised about CPN operating its party office violating regulations," Bhusal stated. "I urge honorable speaker to not worry about honor of NC but that of CPN for using public land violating regulations."
