Chitwan. On Monday, the cooperative victims were narrating their grievances in the meeting hall of the District Administration Office, Chitwan.

Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration, Pratibha Rawal, members of the House of Representatives, Chief District Officer, among others were present on the occasion.

Bishnu Prasad Sapkota, an 84-year-old man who retired from the teaching profession, sold his business house and kept some money for his children and the rest of the amount in savings of Rs 2.40 crore in Shivashikhar Cooperative. They also sold the house for Rs 4 crore and kept the money given to their children in the same cooperative.

His eyes filled with tears as he narrated the pain of the cooperative not paying Rs 3.5 crore to the family. He said, “In my old age, I sold my house so that I could spend time in charity and religious work, all my money was eaten by the cooperative.” Others there also had the same pain.

They lamented that the cooperatives had misappropriated the money collected by those who burnt maize on the road and worked in others’ houses. A woman complained that she had sold 14 katthas of land and kept it in Sunrise Cooperative, but she did not get it back. Krishna Subedi of Bharatpur-10 urged the savers to get justice before voting in the election.

After hearing the grievances of all the cooperative victims, Minister Rawal said that a separate desk and bench will be set up in the court and the police to hear the grievances of the cooperative victims. After hearing the complaints of the cooperative victims here today, she said that she has requested the Supreme Court to set up a separate bench in the police and the court for the expediency of the case.

She said, “Wherever there are cases of cooperatives. Discussions have been held with the Chief Justice to set up a special desk where there is pressure of such cases.” She said that homework is being done in this regard. She said that the cooperative’s money is being repaid even though the director is investing abroad, and works are being done to make laws accordingly and coordinate with the concerned authorities to bring it back.

Stating that the problem of the cooperatives has not started from today, she said that the government is working in favor of providing justice to the victims. She said that even the then government was responsible for the cooperatives coming to their present state. She said, “The condition of the cooperatives has reached here due to the shortcomings of the then government. But the present government is also not able to run away from the problem and we will not run away from it.” ”

He said that he and the ministry were working to return the money of the savers even if it was a bit late as it was necessary to move ahead by coordinating with not only the ministry but also with other bodies.