KATHMANDU, Jan. 31 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has disrupted the very first meeting of the winter session of the House of Representatives (HoR) by boycotting the meeting.

The RSP MPs had initially requested an emergency time to speak on the issue of RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane's suspension from the post of MP. Speaker Devraj Ghimire had said that emergency time would not be available in the first meeting, stating that time was given on a party basis. As a result, the meeting was disrupted for about half an hour.

After the obstruction of the RSP continued, Speaker Ghimire read out the President's letter and proceeded with the meeting. Similarly, he read out the letter received from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council ...