Kathmandu — The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the release of Rastriya Swatantra Party central member and environmentalist Dr. Araniko Pandey on bail.
The order was issued by Judge Dhruvaraj Karki’s bench. Pandey had been arrested on Wednesday on charges of verbally abusing a woman through social media. The court had earlier extended his custody by four days for further investigation.
Dr. Pandey joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party under Rabi Lamichhane’s leadership in August 2022. In 2023, while the party was in government, he also served as a member of the National Planning Commission.
Kathmandu -The UML has called an emergency parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday morning, with discussions expected on filing a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Indira Rana.
At the same time, the Nepali Congress has convened a meeting of its central committee. Immediately after the meeting, the party has summoned its lawmakers to Singha Durbar.
According to sources, a preliminary understanding to remove the Deputy Speaker for not acting according to her position was reached during a meeting on Monday evening at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar, which included leaders from both Congress and UML. Participants included Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Congress Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka, and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, among others.
Both parties allege that Deputy Speaker Rana has failed to perform her duties according to official conduct. Sources also report that signatures are being collected from Congress and UML lawmakers to support the proposal for action against the Deputy Speaker, with some lawmakers having already signed as of Monday.
Earlier, a complaint against her was filed with the Parliament’s Good Governance Committee alleging that Deputy Speaker Indira Rana magar misused her position and recommended visa interviews to non-parliamentarians at the American Embassy in Kathmandu.
Kathmandu – As soon as the meeting of the House of Representatives began, MPs from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RsP) and the Rastriya prajatantra Party (RPP) began obstructing Parliament. MPs from both the party left the chamber, after keeping their own points.
Speaking in the house, RsP MP Bindabasini Kansakar said that the movement will be continued untill a high-level judicial or parliamentary committee is formed on the issue of spain and visit visa case.
Similarly, RPP Chairman and MP Rajendra Lingden accused the government formed by a coalition of major parties of being involved in corruption. He said that the government formed by the two major parties, the Congress and the UML, was behaving as if it had given a tender to loot the country.
MP Lingden has demanded an investigation at the political level, saying that corruption cannot be ended by taking action against employees alone.
It has been 58 days since the RSP and RPP MPs began obstructing the House.
Kailali – Former Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province and leader of the CPN (UML) Sudurpaschim Province Assembly Parliamentary Party Rajendra Singh Rawal has been abused by RSP cadres.
On Saturday, while he was coming from Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur to Dhangadhi, RSP cadres stopped the vehicle in which Rawal was travelling at Daiji Chowk and abused him, accusing him of misusing a government vehicle.
He said that even though he had a pass and permission to travel on that day, the vehicle was deliberately stopped and abused .
Rawal’s personal secretary Raj Bahadur Chand issued a statement saying that RSP cadres stopped the vehicle and abused the driver, attempted to assault him and vandalized the vehicle. He also condemned the incident and demanded action against the culprits. Chand has demanded an investigation into the incident, saying that such abuse took place while he was travelling with permission from the Provincial Assembly Secretariat on a holiday.
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