Nepal, April 10 -- The House of Representatives meeting was obstructed on Tuesday as the ruling and opposition parties remained divided over the formation of a parliamentary panel to probe the fraud charges against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane.

Last week, the Nepali Congress had demanded the government and ruling parties constitute the probe panel by Tuesday; otherwise, the main opposition said, it would obstruct House proceedings.

A meeting of the Congress parliamentary party earlier on Tuesday had concluded that its demand was being ignored. Concluding that the government was neither serious nor sensitive about the plights of the thousands of victims of cooperative fraud, the party said, "The gov...