KATHMANDU, May 18 -- Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chief Whip Gyanendra Shahi has demanded the government to open the file of Giri Bandhu Tea Estate.

He advised Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane not to bargain by opening other corruption files to evade the charges against him in the cooperative scam.

Shahi urged that corruption files should be opened without any bargaining. Speaking to reporters at the Parliament Building premises on Friday, he stated, "Let's open the file of Giri Bandhu Tea Estate; it comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs. No need to go anywhere. It only requires a signature after which it will take two hours to open the file."

The Supreme Court has recently ruled against allowing Giri Bandhu Tea Estate to conduct a...