Minister and NSC Chairman Tiwari sent an expulsion letter to Timilsina accusing the latter of his involvement in vandalism. “You have breached our trust time and again instead of stopping such activities,” reads the letter. [break]
However, Timilsina will remain the board member of NSC. Timilsina was appointed member by the Council of Ministers and thus cannot be relieved of his duties without government decision.
Demanding that the Eastern Regional Stadium be built in Dharan, a group led by Timilsina and NSC member Kishor Rai on Friday had vandalized the office of NSC member-secretary Hari Babu Chaudhary.
However, Timilsina and Rai, starting a verbal war a day after the vandalism, have held member-secretary Chaudhary responsible for the incident and alleged Chaudhary of financial irregularities.
Chaudhary denies allegation
NSC member-secretary Chaudhary, organizing a press conference on Sunday, said Timilsina and Rai were involved in vandalism and police released them after they apologized for the incident. “They should be ashamed of blaming me in spite of their direct involvement in the incident,” said Chaudhary.
He also claimed that NSC has the practice of closing minute of any meeting with the sign of chairman and member-secretary only. “It is a tradition here but the responsible officials can demand minute. They are always welcome to do so,” said Chaudhary.
Earlier, Timilsina and Rai had accused Chaudhary of not showing the minute to them and of taking arbitrary decisions.
Timilsina and Rai have held Chaudhary responsible for freezing the budget.
“It is true that around 40 million rupees in sports will freeze but not because of me. The budget was released in late January, a part of which we spent during participation in the South Asian Games. On the other hand, we cannot spend the budget under headings other than those specified by the finance ministry,” Chaudhary clarified.
Regional Stadium in Itahari
Member-secretary Chaudhary informed that the 74th board meeting of NSC, held on June 25, had decided to build the Eastern Regional Stadium in Itahari.
“The decision was taken by majority in the NSC board,” said Chaudhary. “We know there is a dispute over the issue at the local level and we are attempting to forge consensus.”
The construction of the stadium had been thrown in a limbo owing to the ongoing dispute over whether it should be built in Dharan, Itahari or Inaruwa.
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