Kathmandu, February 1

Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire has informed that Rabi Lamichhane's position as MP has been revoked.

In the meeting of the House of Representatives held today, Speaker Ghimire made this announcement in the House in accordance with the letter received from the Supreme Court.

Speaker Ghimire said, "According to Supreme Court's letter challan number 27406, case number 079 WC 0035 dated 29 January 2023, the process to obtain Nepali citizenship after Rabi Lamichhane, a member of the House of Representatives, duly renounced his American citizenship from the writ petition filed by Yuvraj Paudel as the petitioner is not completed, he is not considered fit to be a member of the House of Representatives.

As he was not fit to be a candidate from Chitwan Constituency No 2, the work of declaring elected and giving certificates is invalidated by the order of expulsion according to Article 33, Clause 2, 3, and Article 137 of the Constitution of Nepal. I, hereby, inform the honourable members according to sub-rule 1 of the Rules of the House of Representatives 2018 Rule 212 that the position of member of the House of Representatives is vacant according to Section B of Article 89 of the Constitution of Nepal."

The meeting of the House of Representatives has been adjourned till Sunday 1:00pm.

A version of this article appears in the print on February 2, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.