Impeachment motion against Nepal Chief Justice Rana tabled in Parliament

New Delhi: An impeachment motion against Nepal’s Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was tabled in parliament for further discussion on Sunday, a month after as many as 98 lawmakers registered it in the House of Representatives.

Dev Gurung, a lawmaker from the CPN (Maoist Center), tabled the motion in the House of Representatives (HoR), amid obstruction from lawmakers of the main opposition CPN-UML.

Gurung presented the 20-point impeachment motion which is backed by 95 lawmakers.

Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota allotted time for Gurung to present the impeachment proposal in the HoR. Following the presentation of the motion, the meeting of the HoR was postponed till March 16.