Kathmandu, February 26
Deputy Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Chitwan district, Parbati Shah Thakuri, has accused Mayor Renu Dahal of promoting irregularities in the municipal government.
Organising a press meet in Kathmandu on Monday, Thakuri said Dahal had not formed key committees including Public Accounts Committee to ensure transparency of financial transactions.
She accused the mayor of carrying out activities of the municipality unilaterally.
Thakuri said it was a mistake of her party to help Dahal get elected in the polls held in 2017.
During the local elections, Thakuri’s Nepali Congress had partnered with the then CPN-Maoist Centre, which had fielded Dahal, a daughter of the party chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, for the mayor. Dahal had defeated then CPN-UML leader Devi Gyawali in the controversial repoll.
Now, Dahal and Gyawali are members of the same party whereas Thakuri is in the opposition side.
