Rural Municipal chair threatens chief administrative officer for refusing to pay for government rally

 Chair of Shailung Rural Municipality threatened chief administrative officer as the later refused to pay fare for the bus that was hired to ferry people to take part in the government rally organised last week by the Oli-led faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in Kathmandu.

Shailung Rural Municipality chair Bharat Dulal abused and threatened chief administrative officer Raju Prasad Shah after Shah refused to pay the fare of the bus used to ferry people from Dolakha to Kathmandu. Chair Dulal threatened Shah to leave the rural municipality, if he will not follow the order. Lately both the factions – Dahal-Nepal and Oli faction of ruling NCP (NCP) are competing in gathering huge mass to show their strength. They have been bringing the people from nearby districts to flex their muscle on the Kathmandu streets as the locals are not attracted towards the pro-and anti-government protests.

After he got threatened Shah filed a complaint at District Administration Office at the Dolakha district. Shah complained that chair Dulal misbehaved with him after he refused to pay bus fare that was not used for the official purpose. Most of the local governments have been misusing the funds supposed to be spend on the development activities, on their petty political interests. The tax-payers money have been lately misused in the political interest raising the question in the annual report of Office of Auditor General (OAG). The political rallies have become costly as both the factions have been ferrying people from outside the Valley in buses, and daily wage, and also lodgeing and fooding. Lack of transparency and accountability towards the people is leading towards financial indiscipline, which will also encourage the informal economy. 

On February 5, PM Oli-led faction of the NCP (NCP) had staged a mass gathering in Kathmandu bringing peoples from all over the country promising them of free two-way fare, lodgeing, fooding and also Pashupati tour. The bus had carried peoples from Dolakha district to Kathmandu for the mass gathering organised in Durbarmarg on February 5. Musing the government coffer, the Oli-faction had organised a mass gathering at DurbarMarg in Kathmandu on February 5, and yet organising another mass gathering in Butwal tomorrow.