KATHMANDU, July 9: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) continued their protests in the House of Representatives (HoR) over the recent visit visa scam.
Both parties accused the government of only forming a general administrative committee to investigate the issue, instead of a parliamentary committee or a high-level commission as they are demanding.
RSP and RPP lawmakers boycott parliament again over visit visa...
Once the session convened, lawmaker Sobita Gautam of RSP informed the House Speaker Devraj Ghimire that the party's protest would continue until their demand was addressed. She also questioned the government's 'intention' in forming the administrative committee to probe the matter which is, as she argued, about human trafficking and capable of hurting the nation's image. "We continue to boycott the House as the government has turned indifferent to our demand."
RPP's Anisha Nepali also warned that the party would keep boycotting the House until a high-level commission is formed to investigate the visit visa scam. She also took time to draw the government to the prompt urgency to ensure adequate compensation to the citizens affected by the recent incidents of natural disasters, expressing sorrow over the significant losses of lives and property in disasters.
Once the lawmakers put their views, other members in the lower house representing these parties walked out of the meeting hall.
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