Gagan Thapa says his hands are clean amid audio controversy over Congress legitimacy dispute

Nepali Congress president Gagan Thapa Kathmandu, November 5 Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa has said he is standing on firm moral ground, insisting that he has not engaged in any financial dealings or wrongdoing in the party’s legal battle over its official status. In a video message issued in response to a publicly circulated audio recording involving alleged middleman Inam Sapkota, Thapa said his conduct was above question and urged party supporters to stand by him. “Rest assured, I, Gagan Thapa — your elder brother, younger brother, son, friend and party president — am not standing on weak moral ground.

My hands are clean,” he said. “Speak in my defence with confidence.” Thapa also urged people not to direct what he called the wrong questions at him, saying they should instead seek answers from the appropriate people. “Do not ask the wrong questions to me.

Let us ask the right questions in the right places,” he said.