Former Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police and recently elected member of the House of Representatives on the CPN-UML ticket in the recently held elections from Lalitpur-1 Nawaraj Silawal has said that political vendetta was the reason behind the arrest warrant issued against him.

Silwal expressed this in a tweet two days after the Nepal Police Headquarters issued a circular to police offices of all the seven provinces to search Silwal.

“I am a representative of the people and a law abiding responsible citizen,” said Silwal in the tweet, “I will fight against the ‘drama’ of political feud which has attacked an opposition by misusing the power.”  He was referring to the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government.

Ex-DIG Silwal is facing a forgery case.

Earlier on December 15, the apex court in its full text of the decision in a case related to appointment of the chief of Nepal Police had said that there were discrepancies between performance evaluation reports presented by the Public Service Commission and petitioner Silwal and that a thorough investigation and action were required against those involved in “forging the documents”.

म जनताको प्रतिनिधि हुँ र कानूनको परिपालक एक ज़िम्मेवार नागरिक पनि हुँ । समय सकिन लाग्यो भन्ने हतारोमा राजनीतिक प्रतिशोध साध्न शक्तिको ग़लत प्रयोग गरी आफ्नो विपक्षिलाई प्रहार गर्ने जुन नौटंकि प्रदर्शन हुँदैछ, सत्यको जगमा त्यसको डटेर सामना हुनेछ l

— Nawa Raj Silwal (@Nawasilwal) January 19, 2018