Kathmandu, May 6 -- Ruling coalition partners Nagarik Unmukti Party and Janamat Party briefly disrupted Tuesday's meeting of the House of Representatives, demanding an impartial investigation into the controversial arrest incident involving Nagarik Unmukti's patron Resham Chaudhary.

The two parties stalled the House proceedings by seeking a ruling from Speaker Devraj Ghimire regarding Chaudhary's arrest on April 30. However, the Speaker declined to issue a ruling, stating that he had already directed the government to respond during the zero and special hours.

Dissatisfied with the Speaker's response, lawmakers from both parties stood from their seats in protest and prevented the House from continuing with scheduled discussions on the g...