Congress General Secretary Paudel Demands Public Release of Investigation Report on Janajati Movement
News Summary
- Pradip Paudel, General Secretary of Nepali Congress, has demanded the government publicly release the investigation report on the Janajati movement incidents.
- The commission led by Gauribahadur Karki submitted the report to the government on February 7 but it has not yet been made public.
- Paudel described the secrecy surrounding the report as ironic and said it has raised numerous suspicions.
March 22, Kathmandu – Pradip Paudel, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, has urged the government to publicly release the investigation report on the Janajati (JENJI) movement incidents. He made the appeal on Monday morning via his Facebook account.
“The Nepali Congress has already demanded the release of the report at the Central Working Committee meeting,” Paudel wrote. “I again request this outgoing government to fulfill its responsibility by releasing the report as soon as possible.” The Nepali Congress Central Working Committee, at its meeting on March 21, had decided to demand the report’s disclosure.
The commission headed by Gauribahadur Karki investigated the events that took place during the Janajati youth movement on September 8 and 9. The commission submitted its report to the government on February 7 this year. On the same day, commission member and spokesperson Bijanraj Sharma told the media that this report would not suffer the same fate as the earlier Mallik and Rayamajhi commission reports.
The Cabinet meeting held on March 14 accepted the report. Following the meeting, Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal told reporters, “The report will come out tomorrow,” but as of now, it remains unpublished. Leaders of the Janajati movement and the Accountability Monitoring Group have been pressuring the government to make the report public.
“Secrecy is an irony”
Although demands for the report’s disclosure have been growing, it remains unpublished—an irony highlighted by General Secretary Paudel. He pointed out that the interim government’s tenure is ending, and failing to release the report before leaving office reflects a neglect of responsibility. He stated, “Publishing the report submitted by the commission is the government’s duty and responsibility. Keeping it secret like previous commissions’ reports is an irony.”
Paudel also noted that the interim government’s failure to publicize the investigation report has raised numerous questions. “What issues have prevented the release of the Karki commission’s report? Why is it not being made public? These are pressing questions,” he wrote.
