CPN (Maoist Centre) seeks resignation of Home Minister Lekhak
Party Spokesperson Agni Sapkota informed that the meeting decided the Home Minister should step down to facilitate the investigation.
Kathmandu: The CPN (Maoist Centre) has sought the resignation of Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak. The party’s office bearers’ meeting concluded that Lekhak should resign over the visit visa scandal.
Party Spokesperson Agni Sapkota informed that the meeting decided the Home Minister should step down to facilitate the investigation. 'Our party's meeting also concluded that Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak should resign to cooperate with the investigation,' said Spokesperson Sapkota.
CPN (Maoist Centre) concluded that Home Minister Lekhak must resign to ensure an independent and impartial investigation. 'Since an investigation has already begun by state agencies, in such a situation, he should resign to clear the way so that influence, power, and reach cannot be used,' Sapkota said.
Nepali Congress: Home Minister Lekhak innocent in Visit Visa scandal
Last Wednesday, Immigration Department Deputy Secretary Tirtharaj Bhattarai was arrested. The involvement of the Home Minister’s secretariat has also come to light in this matter.
Names from the Home Minister’s secretariat, including Janak Bhatt and Ganesh Ojha, have been linked. Similarly, Immigration Officer Bimal Paudel, who had previously been linked to human trafficking under the guise of visit visas, is also in Lekhak’s secretariat.