Speaker declines to reinstate Rabi Lamichhane as lawmaker

Back as chair, he says the party’s first general convention will be held on schedule in May.

A day after formally resuming leadership of the party following a six-month gap, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane met Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire on Tuesday, requesting his reinstatement as lawmaker. The Speaker, however, responded that such reinstatement was not possible.