The Parliament Secretariat has issued a notice suspending Rabi Lamichhane, the elected legislator for Chitwan-2 and President of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).
Padma Prasad Pandey, general secretary of the House of Representatives (HoR) Secretariat, published the notice, citing legal provisions, which state that Lamichhane will be suspended until the case is resolved, as a money laundering case has been filed against him in the Kaski District Court.
Kaski Police had written to the HoR Secretariat, requesting that Lamichhane's position of Member of Parliament (MP) be suspended. Section 27 of the Money Laundering Act 2008 states that once a case is registered, the post is automatically suspended.
The statement has cited Article 27 of the Money Laundering Preve...