If Nepal’s tourism ministry continues as it has, it seems that ministers aren’t buying planes; rather, planes are buying ministers. Looking back at tourism ministers from 1991 to today, it’s clear: planes often buy ministers.
I know all of them, from Ramhari Joshi to the current minister, including Mohammad Mohsin and Deepak Bohara. The billion-dollar scandal likely originated in this ministry.
Now, Badri Pandey, the current tourism minister, is working hard to bring about new changes. He got 80 percent in the work agreement from the Prime Minister. But how did this happen?
Two of Nepal’s three international airports are still non-operational, and we’re paying nearly one billion rupees annually to…
