NC to allow Rabi Lamichhane to speak in Parliament

The main opposition Nepali Congress has decided to allow Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane to speak in the Parliament meeting.

A Parliamentary Party meeting of the Congress held on Thursday decided to allow Lamichhane along with other senior leaders to speak in the Parliament, a lawmaker, who attended the meeting, said.

He said that the meeting has decided to let Lamichhane to speak in the Parliament in the capacity of the President of Rastriya Swatantra Party.

The Congress has been demanding the formation of a parliamentary probe committee to investigate Lamichhane’s alleged involvement in the fraud involving millions of rupees.

The NC had not allowed Lamichhane to take to the rostrum in the previous session of the Parliament.

After the main opposition did not allow him to take to the rostrum, Lamichhane has been saying that he be allowed to speak in the Parliament.

The Congress has been saying it would not allow the House to proceed with its business until the parliamentary probe committee is formed.