Nepal, April 12 -- The main opposition Nepali Congress and the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party have publicly demanded a high-level probe on all public officials who were in charge and held different positions after the restoration of democracy in 1990. The call for an investigation of all the officials and leaders who held important posts and positions in the era following the promulgation of a new constitution that year has sparked debate both in and outside Parliament.

Three Nepali Congress lawmakers and one of the party's vice presidents, Dhanraj Gurung, plus joint secretaries duo Badri Pandey and Jeevan Pariyar, registered a motion of public importance at the parliament secretariat last Friday. Another party, the Rastriya Swatantra P...