Nepali Prime Minister discloses assets

Kathmandu, June 28: Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala had declared his assets.

Mr Koirala owns two plots of land of three ''bighas'' in his home town Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan City and Dainiya village. that he acquired as his share on his parental property.

As per the property details submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers by him, two ''bighas 12 katthas and 13 dhurs'' plot of land owned by him is used by the B P Service Centre, a charitable organisation established in memory of his elder brother and late leader B P Koirala, the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal.

He also has a Toyota Landcruiser jeep that he bought on duty-free facility, the details added.

The tradition of making property details public of cabinet members was started in 1992 during Mr Koirala tenure as the Prime Minister.

UNI

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