Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has made clear that he was not involved in the government’s decision to appoint AIGP Jaya Bahadur Chand as the Inspector General of Nepal Police (IGP).
Responding to the media reports that he had been piling pressure on the government to pick Chand as the IGP going against the sonority, Deuba, who is also the former Prime Minister, issued a press statement through his personal secretary Keshav Raj Joshi to deny the charge labeled against him.
A cabinet meeting held on Sunday appointed Chand IGP. But his appointment was stayed by the Supreme Court (SC) within few hours of the cabinet decision.
As appointment of the IGP is solely the Cabinet’s jurisdiction, I do not and cannot have any involvement in any form, Nepali Congress President Deuba has stated in the statement.
