Nepal is burdened with laws that are often vague and open to multiple interpretations, along with others that directly contradict each other. On top of this, the bureaucratic machinery is slow, rigid, and riddled with inefficiencies.
Even the most well-meaning project managers or entrepreneurs find themselves entangled in layers of approvals, procedural delays, and the fear of legal backlash. They are forced to spend more time navigating paperwork than focusing on delivering results. Bound by the system, he must follow the law, and we are left with delays and underperformance.
There’s another troubling aspect to this: people who seem upright and ideal often end up corrupted once they gain power—financially or otherwise. This has been a chronic pattern for years. Again and again, we place our hopes in promising individuals, celebrate them like heroes, only to be let down when they betray that trust.
The recent corruption allegations surrounding the organization of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket tournament have been especially disheartening. Cricket is perhaps the only field in which we’re making visible progress, and this league had millions of followers. Corruption is the last thing we wanted to hear. While it’s not the first time the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, this time feels different. It’s personal. These recent accusations hit harder because they involve someone the public genuinely admired.
Perhaps he believed that strictly following procedures would have made the event impossible to execute, so he chose to bypass the rules. Or perhaps he bypassed them for personal financial gain—we don’t yet know. What we do know is that during the first edition of NPL, numerous laws were broken intentionally. At the time, we overlooked these missteps because the event was a massive hit with the audience. But public approval cannot be a justification for turning a blind eye to legal violations. Rule of law must not be compromised, no matter how successful or popular the outcome may appear.