RSP suspends lawmaker Shreshtha after 2 crore demand from Prasai leaked

Kathmandu: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has suspended its lawmaker Dhaka Kumar Shreshtha after an audiotape with Durga Prasai was leaked.

The party has decided to suspend Shreshtha after an audiotape between him and the medical entrepreneur Prasai was released today.

In the leaked audiotape, Shreshtha is asking Prasai for 20 million rupees, stating that he is going to become the health minister and for that he has to pay money to the party.

During the phone conversation, Shreshtha is heard saying, ‘I have to fix it today because they will say no to credit terms. ‘They may agree to one (crore)’, he further said.

But Prasai is heard replying, ‘I’ll give 20 million, it’s done but you have to work in my favor in the future.’

When Prasai inquired if the money was to be handed over to Rabi Lamichhane, Shreshtha said, ‘Rabi sir has not shown up yet.’

Shreshtha is the member of House of Representatives who was elected through the Proportional Representation electoral system from Gandaki Province.