Nepal, March 20 -- The Nepali Congress has demanded that the government and ruling parties form a parliamentary panel to investigate cooperative fraud charges against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane, or it will obstruct the Parliament.

The main opposition party asked for a parliamentary panel saying it was not satisfied with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's clarification on the matter. Starting last week, the largest party had been pressing for his clarification over Lamichhane's alleged involvement in the fraud involving millions of rupees.

Appearing before the Parliament on Tuesday, Dahal said there is no evidence to implicate his home minister in the fraud case. He said after minutely studying p...