Former PM Deuba leaves for the US

March 20, 2006
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Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba left Kathmandu for the United States of America on Monday to attend a seminar on Nepal, among others.

Talking to reporters prior to his departure, Deuba said he would meet senior US officials and Congressmen during his visit and thank them – on behalf of the seven party opposition alliance (SPA)– for their continued support to the pro-democracy movement in Nepal.

Deuba is also the president of Nepali Congress (Democratic)—one of the constituents of the SPA.

Deuba will deliver keynote address at a seminar being organized by the Columbia University on Nepal crisis and would also interact with Nepali diaspora, NC (D) sources said.

Deuba is being accompanied by his wife, Dr. Arjoo Rana Deuba, during the visit.

This is the first foreign visit by Deuba after he was released from nine-month-long detention as per the Supreme Court verdict last month.

The apex court ordered dissolution of the controversial Royal Commission on Corruption Control (RCCC) and declared all its decisions null and void terming its formation as ‘unconstitutional.’

Described as the ‘kangaroo court,’ the RCCC had declared Deuba, his colleague Prakash Man Singh, among others, guilty of corruption while awarding contract for the construction of access road to the multi-million dollar Melamchi Water Supply Project.

Both of them dismissed any wrongdoing in the contract and alleged the RCCC of being politically motivated.

Deuba was sacked twice by HM King Gyanendra for the first time in October 2002 and again in February 2005 before taking direct control of the government.