Punish corrupt leaders

A college operator in the capital last year told to me that he was asked about Rs. 5 million in bribe to obtain a licence to run the BBA programme from a national university. I had turned my ears in disbelief then. But, the recent deeds of Education Minister Gopal Man Shrestha have raised the eyebrows of many. Education is the base of all other developments, be that physical, spiritual or cognitive. And, our leaders are spearheaded to ruin the very foundation of education. They have made it just a tool which can be used in raising money.  Earlier in 2001, Shrestha was fired from his post of Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation after he was found guilty of taking bribe from Khanal-Rojin and Turpentine Limited. Such cases have become common in our country, therefore we need a strong legal instrument that severely punishes the corrupt leaders and restricts them from holding public post and contesting election throughout their life. The anti-graft bodies also need a serious restructuring as they have failed to keep track of the financial misappropriation and policy corruption. Their poor investigation and negligence has failed to send the culprit of the society behind the bars.