Kathmandu city govt spends millions of taxpayers’ money to aid political party units

On September 22, 2019, Kathmandu Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya gave Fashion Home Pvt Ltd Rs 100,000 as aid. According to the metropolitan city’s rule, such aid cannot be handed out to private companies. The company had asked for aid to help them in their ‘Student of the Year’ programme.

After an agreement was signed, the company received the funds in less than a week. But, how the fund was used is unclear as there is little to no transparency. When approached, the city government failed to provide any contact information of representatives from the organisation.