Parliamentary dispute between the opposition and the ruling coalition, and controversy surrounding this matter

In the lower house of the Nepali Parliament, there was a spat between the opposition and ruling coalition members regarding the establishment of an investigation committee against Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane in relation to the cooperative fraud case. When Home Minister Lamichhane and Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal were called to the stage by House Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Thursday night in the midst of protests from the Nepali Congress, things became tense.

Nepali Congress MPs were raising slogans demanding the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate the cooperative fraud and justice for the victims. They were disrupting the proceedings of the House for weeks. Congress is demanding formation of a committee to investigate the involvement of Home Minister Lamichhane in a fraud worth millions of Nepali rupees.

After the Speaker of the House announced inviting Home Minister Lamichhane on stage to address, the opposition MPs started creating ruckus in the House. Meanwhile, a heated debate also took place between former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Congress Vice President Dhanraj Gurung. Later, other MPs from both parties also joined the controversy. Amidst their protest, the Congress MLAs looked quite angry after the Speaker read out the letters received from the President's Office.

After this the Speaker asked the Home Minister to sit on his seat and adjourned the proceedings of the House. The next proceedings have been called for Friday at 11 am. The main opposition has been disrupting the budget session of Parliament since the first day of the session which began on May 10. However, the opposition parties allowed the President to present the policies and programs of the government.