Khadka, Wagle, Gupta at CIAA Former home minister and general secretary of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Khum Bahadur Khadka for the first time gave a deposition before the empowered Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Friday. Khadka was home minister in the ousted government of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Commission sources said Khadka was questioned on contracts awarded to businesses when he was water resources minister in the undivided Nepali Congress government headed by Girija Prasad Koirala. Communications Minister in the Deuba government Jayaprakash Gupta testified for the fourth consecutive day while number two man in the Deuba government Minister for Physical Planning Chiranjibi Wagle testified for the second time. The Commission is investigating corruption charges and ill-gotten wealth of political leaders. King Gyanendra Friday directed the Chand government to crack down on corruption and run a clean administration. Nepal's international donors, including the United States and the United Kingdom, Friday welcomed a crackdown of official corruption. The consortium reviewed June's development and military aid pledged in London to Nepal to fight a war against Maoist insurgency. nepalnews.com br Oct.11