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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane has opined that the activities against the public aspirations and organizational spirit of police will not be accepted at any cost.

Addressing the convocation ceremony of Nepal Police, Police Inspector Basic Training 1-182, today, DPM Lamichhane directed the police officials to follow the rule of law, supremacy of constitution and government's policy and program.

Minister Lamichhane drew attention to the organization's commitment to peace and security promotion, crime control and public service delivery to provide citizen-friendly services.

He argued that the newly inducted police officials should bear the responsibility of the organization to meet the public aspirations in service delivery, corruption and crime control and keep the organization intact and effective.

Inspector General of Police Basanta Bahadur Kunwar directed the officials to use the technology for carrying out factual and evidence-based investigations in accordance with the laws and scientific way by analyzing the collected evidence and to adhere to the international standards of human rights.

On the occasion, awards were given to police inspectors Pawan Kumar Pariyar, Sagun Khadka, Ayush Dhungana and Gokul Kumar Dhanuk for their outstanding performance in various categories during the training session.

The Parliament meeting scheduled for today has been postponed without entering its business due to the obstruction from the main opposition Nepali Congress.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire postponed the meeting for 11 am on Sunday following obstruction from the Congress, the Parliament Secretariat informed.

The NC has long been obstructing the parliamentary proceedings, alleging the involvement of Deputy Prime Minister Lamichhane in the fraud and demanding the formation of a parliamentary committee to ensure a fair investigation into the case whereas the CPN-UML and RSP in particular have made it clear that an individual-centric probe is simply unacceptable.

A meeting of the taskforce formed to finalize the terms of reference of the parliamentary probe committee on the issues of cooperative fund embezzlement is underway at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

The committee members also held discussions on Thursday to finalize the ToR but the meeting ended inconclusively.

The main opposition Nepali Congress has been obstructing the meeting of both houses demanding the formation of a parliamentary committee for conducting an impartial investigation into the alleged involvement of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane in the cooperative fraud case.

An understanding was reached on May 18 between the ruling parties and the opposition NC to form the probe committee.

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Padam Giri, CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula, NC leaders Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and Jeevan Pariyar and Shishir Khanal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party are in the task force.

President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas on Friday.

According to the President's Secretariat, President Paudel expressed his concerns over the disruptions in the parliamentary meetings.

On the occasion, PM Dahal said that he was working to end the ongoing House deadlock.