The Foreign Affairs and the Human Rights Committee of parliament issued such a directive after a closed door discussion with commissioners of the constitutional body on Friday. [break]
“The committee has given a chance to the commissioners to settle their disputes on their own and address other problems,” said Padam Lal Bishwakarma, “If they fail, the committee will take further steps.”
The internal rift among commissioners surfaced after disgruntled commissioners Dr Leela Pathak and Dr KB Rokaya filed an 11-point complaint against Upadhyay, commissioners Gauri Pradhan and Ram Nagina Singh.
Pathak and Rokaya have accused the three commissioners of running the commission in a non-transparent manner. They have also complained of financial irregularities in the procurement of vehicles.
“We have also sought a progress report on their effort to resolve the problems as early as possible,” Bishwakarma said.
Nabindra Raj Joshi, a member of the committee, said that the committee would refer the case of financial irregularities, if there is any, to the Public Accounts Committee of parliament.
Though the deliberations of parliamentary committee are normally open to media, the committee prevented the media from covering the discussion. “The committee denied the access to media due to the sensitivity of the issue,” said Bishwakarma, adding, “It should not be taken as infringement of the right to information.”
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