KATHMANDU, Jan. 28 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane on Friday stepped down from the ministerial position after the Supreme Court stripped his post of Member of Parliament (MP) on the grounds of his citizenship certificate.

His resignation came shortly after the Supreme Court found him guilty over the passport and citizenship case. The court declared him ineligible to remain as an MP as he was yet to reapply for Nepali citizenship certificate after he renounced his foreign citizenship.

Lamichhane will also have to step down from the post of the president of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which he formed seven months ago after quitting his media career. Talking to media persons after the apex court's verdict, La...