Kathmandu, March 14 -- Nepali Congress lawmaker Rajendra Bajgain has written to the party's central disciplinary committee, calling for disciplinary action against the party's Joint General Secretary and Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Badri Pandey.

Bajgain expressed serious concerns over Pandey's recent public statements, accusing him of undermining the core principles of Congress and the constitutional values of Nepal.

Bajgain's objections were directed at remarks made by Pandey during a public event at the Pashupatinath Temple, where the minister allegedly praised China's one-party rule under President Xi Jinping. According to Bajgain, Pandey's endorsement of such an authoritarian system starkly contradicts the demo...