Former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Jhalanath Khanal have returned state-owned vehicles and other facilities, respecting the Supreme Court (SC) verdict, on Saturday.
“I’ve returned the state-owned vehicle to be effective from today,’ said Chairman Dahal.
The SC on Thursday had issued a directive to the government asking it not to provide various facilities to former Prime Ministers, ministers, and members of the royal families terming it the ‘illegal’ and urged the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority and the Office of the Auditor General to monitor the implementation of the decision.
Former Prime Minister and senior leader of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal has also decided to return the facilities and services including the state-owned vehicles following the SC verdict to this effect.