Amicable Initiative

Finally, political parties represented in the House of Representatives (HoR) Saturday agreed in principle to constitute a parliamentary committee to investigate the misappropriation of cooperatives funds that have taken place in different parts of the country. With the inter-party consensus, both Houses of the federal parliament started to run smoothly from Sunday. Main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has been disrupting the House proceedings for weeks, demanding that a parliamentary panel be formed to probe the alleged involvement of Minister for Home Rabi Lamichhane in alleged misappropriation of cooperatives funds. On Sunday, Home Minister Lamichhane spoke in the House meeting. However, NC general secretary Gagan Thapa, organising a press meet later, objected to a series of allegations made against the main opposition. Then the Speaker postponed Sunday’s House meeting til 11 am Monday.