Kathmandu, June 12 -- The House of Representatives remains stalled for over two weeks now as major parties fail to reach consensus on how to investigate the visit visa scam and whether Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak should resign.

After the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) unearthed the visit visa scam at the Tribhuvan International Airport immigration office and possible links between the immigration officials and senior officials at the Home Ministry, opposition parties have upped the ante against Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak over the past two weeks. The opposition has been continuously obstructing Parliament, demanding an investigation into Lekhak, who is allegedly linked to the visa scam.

On Wednesday also, ...