Birendra Nagar. The ministers of Karnali have released the property details. Their property details have been published on the website of the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.
Among the ministers who released the property details are Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative Minister Jumkit Lama Karki, Water Resources and Energy Development Minister Kal Bahadur Hamal, Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Minister Milan Khadka Roka, Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Minister Kalyani Khadka, Social Development Minister Jit Bahadur Mall and Economic Affairs and Planning Minister Tekraj Pachai.
According to the statement of public assets, the finance minister is seen as the richest. Pachai has 20 tolas of gold and 50 tolas of silver. Along with this, he has land in 31 places in Jumla and Bardia. Has shares in 28 microfinance and companies. He owns two ancestral houses in Kanakasundari-6 house of Jumla. Apart from that, there is ancestral land in the name of the father in different 28 places of the village. It has been mentioned in the description that there are land in three places of Rajapur Municipality-2 of Bardia.
In the names of both Minister Pachai and his wife Tila Acharya, there is a balance of Rs 12 lakh 15 thousand in various banks. Similarly, 9 lakh 13 thousand 664 rupees are collected in the Citizen Investment Fund in the name of Minister Pachai and his wife. Pachhai said that the source of some shares was ‘share trading’ and some were ‘purchased from salary’.
Regarding vehicles, he said that there is a Bajaj motorcycle worth 240,000 and a scooter worth 285,000 (in the name of his wife). Personal income and ‘bank jobs’ have been kept as sources of purchasing these vehicles. Regarding agriculture, he has 200 apple trees, 15 walnut trees and a cow in Jumla. Similarly, he has mentioned that he has two Apple mobiles and one laptop in the property statement.
Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Jumkit Lama Karki has a house in Sarkegad-2 in Humla in his property details. There is land in one place in Surkhet and two places in Humla. It is said that land is connected through ancestral property, business and debt. He has 10 tolas of gold and 110 tolas of silver. He has 25 tolas of garlands of tutho, muga and pearls. All this is said to be ancestral and dowry. She has also filled in the property statement that she has two lakhs of salary in cash. She has also shown that two banks, Citizens and Sangrila, have 15 lakhs and 20 thousand. She stated that this 1.5 million came from accident insurance after the death of her husband and 20,000 as salary. She has also mentioned in her property details the bike that she got from a salary of 7 lakhs.
Similarly, Social Development Minister Jit Bahadur Malla has four houses with Malla who owns Chayanath Rara Municipality-1 house in Mugu. It is said that the house was connected through business. In the name of Mrs. Radhika, there is land in 10 places in different wards of Chaya Nath Rara. It has been mentioned that some of the loans for land purchase and some of the jobs and business were connected. He has four tolas of gold and five tolas of silver. He said that it is connected through job and business.
It is mentioned that he has a balance of 3 lakh rupees in the bank while he has a loan of 63 lakh rupees in the name of his wife in various banks and financial institutions. He has a phone worth 190,000, a laptop worth 100,000 and a tablet worth 180,000. He said that it was given as a gift because he was employed abroad.
Water Resources and Energy Development Minister Kal Bahadur Hamal, who owns Adanchuli-5 house in Humla, has an ancestral house. There is a land purchased from a business in Birendra Nagar-5 of Surkhet. He also stated that two tolas of gold and 40 tolas of silver are ancestral property. He has an amount equal to two lakh 70 thousand rupees in four banks. Out of which 250,000 was received from foreign employment and the rest was collected from salary. He has also said that he has taken eight lakh loans from various people and is yet to repay them.
Similarly, Minister of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Khadka of Chowrjahari-9 house in Rukum West has four parcels of land obtained from anshbanda. She said that there is a plot of 120 square meters worth 360,000 in Dang and she also got the plot through shareholding. She stated that five lakh rupees received from her father had been deposited in the bank.
She mentioned that in Rukum West’s Musikot-13 house, Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Khadka Roka has a crude ancestral house and 11 parcels of ancestral land. He has two tolas of gold. She said that she has 300,000 worth of shares and 90,000 in the bank. She mentioned that the loan of Rs. 12 lakh taken from a relative is still to be paid. Chief Minister Mangal Bahadur Shahi has released his property details a few days ago.