Gyanendra Shahi, parliamentary leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), has called on Prime Minister Balendra Shah to imprison corrupt individuals and confiscate their illicit assets. Shahi made his appeal via social media, urging the Prime Minister to prioritize corruption control, good governance, and job creation.
Shahi stressed that individuals involved in crime should be prosecuted regardless of their party affiliation, group, or relationship. “Remove whoever needs to be removed, keep whoever needs to be kept. But corrupt individuals must be jailed. Their illegal assets must be confiscated,” he stated.
He also emphasized the need to ensure that no Nepali youth is forced to seek employment abroad after the next five years. “The people’s expectation is just this,” he added.
Prime Minister Shah has reportedly adopted a “zero tolerance” policy against corruption and formed a high-level asset investigation commission. The government has also introduced a new action plan for job creation, under which 753 existing employment service centers will be transformed into “Employment Skills and Entrepreneurship Centers” within the next 60 days.
These transformed centers will not only register unemployed individuals but also map local skills and demand, coordinate training, and facilitate entrepreneurship.
Background
- Gyanendra Shahi was unanimously elected as the parliamentary leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party on Chaitra 5, 2082 (BS).
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah assumed office as Nepal's 43rd Prime Minister on Chaitra 13, 2082 (BS), following the victory of the Rastriya Swatantra Party in the 2082 House of Representatives elections.
- Nepal ranks 108th out of 180 countries with a score of 35 in Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perception Index.
- The 34th annual report of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Nepal's anti-graft body, recorded 26,918 complaints in the fiscal year 2080/81 (BS), with 19,106 (52.80%) against local governments.
