Kathmandu, March 13 -- Making property details of the prime minister and ministers public is considered a step towards transparency in a democracy. The practice initiated by Girija Prasad Koirala of the Nepali Congress got continuity until 2021, when incumbent prime minister KP Sharma Oli led the government.

Barring the chief justice Khil Raj Regmi-headed government, it was the Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet formed in 2021 that broke with the tradition.

Deuba and his ministers didn't make their property details public despite being in power for a year and a half. CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who succeeded Deuba, made the details of property submitted by his ministers public but only after being heavily cr...