Kathmandu. The government formed under the leadership of senior leader of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Balendra Shah has been chanting good governance, saying that the first year will be the year of good governance.

Even though the first year is said to be the year of good governance, is the government making fun of the appointments made by this government? This question has begun to arise.

Three appointments, including the public ones given by the government, are currently in discussion. They are the National Planning Commission, the Securities Board of Nepal and the Rastriya Banijya Bank.

The appointments of the Planning Commission and the Securities Board are made by the Council of Ministers. On April 7, 2002, the government appointed Dr. Gunakar Bhatta as the vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission.

Bhatta has recently retired from the post of Executive Director of Nepal Rastra Bank.

Likewise, the government appointed Dr. Shrestha as the chairman of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) on Asar 5, 2083. Gopal Prasad Bhatta.

The government had formed a committee to appoint the chairman of the board. The committee will be headed by the vice-chairman of the Planning Commission. A total of 47 people including incumbent president Dr Gopal Bhatta had applied for the post of president. Gopal and Gunakar Bhatta are the children of the same family.

After the application of Gunakar’s brother Gopal, Gunakar resigned from the committee, saying that there would be a conflict of interest in the selection of the chairman. However, on June 5, Gopal Bhatta was appointed as the chairman of SEBON.

Both Bhatta are executive directors of Nepal Rastra Bank. Not only that, the government has also appointed another Bhatta.

Astha Bhatta, who was appointed to the post of director of Rastriya Banijya Bank by a ministerial-level decision, is the daughter of former executive director of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Madhav Bhatta. All three belong to the same family.

Bhatta, who was appointed by the decision of the Finance Minister, is also the program director of the organization where Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle was the first chairman.

On Friday, Wagle appointed Bhatta as the director of the bank on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.

Bhatta is a program specialist at the Institute of Integrated Development Studies. Prior to this, Wagle was the president of the same organization.

Bhatta has been appointed as the second ranking director of the bank. Suman Dahal, joint secretary at the Ministry of Finance, is in the first ranking. Now, one of the directors of the bank will be the chairman of the bank’s board of directors.

The minister’s interest in this appointment is also seen to be in conflict.

All three are considered capable in terms of ability and ability. Even though he is qualified in his field, the Balen government has said that it is the year of good governance, but there is interest in the appointments. The then Labour Minister Deepak Kumar Saha had sacked his wife Junu Shrestha as a member of the Health Insurance Board within two weeks of the formation of the government.

The distance between Finance Minister Wagle and Prime Minister Shah, who is close to Rabi Lamichhane, is widening. At the same time, he has been appointed in a conflict of interest.