Why could Janardan Sharma’s comeback boomerang on Sher Bahadur Deuba and his coalition?

Janardan Sharma once again assumed office as the country’s finance minister on Sunday. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, after the parliamentary committee stated it did not find any evidence to prove Sharma was guilty, reappointed him to the position that Sharma had left after a serious controversy around a month ago.

Everyone knows Sharma was under fire after Annapurna Post reported that he changed tax rates in the budget plan for the new fiscal year that would begin in mid-July 2022 under some industrialists’ pressure. Although the House committee could not find any evidence of the illegal interference, thus absolving Sharma, many believe the panel, in fact, did not make serious efforts to complete its assignment.