Kathmandu, February 24
Three opposition parties — Nepali Congress, Samajwadi Party-Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal — today decided not to obstruct proceedings at the House of Representatives over an audiotape scandal involving Gokul Prasad Baskota.
Baskota tendered his resignation as the minister of communications and information technology on Thursday after the release of a audiotape in which he is heard negotiating kickbacks worth Rs 740 million with Bijay Prakash Mishra, the local agent of a Swiss equipment supplier, in the government’s security printing press procurement deal.
The main opposition Nepali Congress had obstructed proceedings of both the HoR and the National Assembly deman
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