Kathmandu, April 2 -- A day after formally resuming leadership of the party following a six-month gap, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane met Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire on Tuesday, requesting his reinstatement as lawmaker. The Speaker, however, responded that such reinstatement was not possible.

"No one is above the law. I have acted in strict adherence to legal provisions," Ghimire said in response to Lamichhane, according to Shekhar Adhikari, the Speaker's press adviser.

Lamichhane was held from his party office in Banasthali, Kathmandu, on October 18 last year. He was subsequently handed over to the Kaski District Police in connection with a cooperatives fraud case.

On December 23, t...