By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, April 12, 2023A complaint has been registered at the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to investigate an alleged attempt by the Rastriya Swatantra Party Lawmaker Dhaka Kumar Shrestha to ‘buy’ for himself the post of health minister. In a leaked audio, a voice, allegedly of Shrestha, demands Rs20 million from another person, presumably the controversial medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai, so that Shrestha can become…
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By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 11, 2023The leakage of an audio recording where the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Dhaka Kumar Shrestha is purportedly asking for a bribe has caused a stir. The party has suspended Shrestha and its central discipline committee has been entrusted with completing an “in-depth investigation” into the matter within three days. In the audio conversation from January 15 which was leaked on Sunday, the person believed to…