Nepal, April 11 -- The main opposition, the Nepali Congress, continues to up the ante against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane.

The party has been buoyed by wider political support as it seeks to bolster its case for the formation of a parliamentary probe committee to look into Lamichhane's alleged involvement in the misuse of cooperative funds.

According to Congress leaders, the party is invigorated by the growing support of other forces in the House of Representatives to its call for the committee's formation.

But Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has strongly stood in defence of his home minister.

As parliamentary politics continues to be polarised over the formation of a parliamentary committee t...