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Kathmandu, 23 October (Hindustan Reporter). The case of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) taking donated land from a controversial businessman for the new party office has reached the Supreme Court. A bench headed by Justice Til Prasad Shrestha of the Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the petition and directed the court administration to proceed with the registration of the writ.
The donation was made by Min Bahadur Gurung, owner of Nepal's largest departmental chain store, for the construction of the new office of the party led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The ruling party Amale is facing a lot of criticism across the country for accepting donations from the accused under trial in the court. Advocate Gyan Bahadur Basnet has filed a writ in the Supreme Court and said in the petition that accepting this land and establishing a party office in it will fall in the category of corruption. It is illegal to donate land to the ruling party on behalf of a person facing a case of fraud and corruption and who is out on bail from the Supreme Court.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court had earlier rejected the registration of this writ itself. Later, advocate Basnet approached the court against the cancellation of the registration of his petition. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Til Prasad Shrestha on Wednesday overturned the decision and directed the court administration to proceed with the registration of the writ. Following this instruction, the court administration has confirmed that the writ has been registered today itself.
Prime Minister Oli himself had performed the Bhoomi Pujan of his party's central office last week. Many party leaders have publicly opposed his decision. In this way, the process of disciplinary action has been taken forward against the three central members of the party who protested. Ruling partner Nepali Congress has also opposed this move of Oli and demanded the Amale Party to clarify its position.
