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Nepal’s Supreme Court declares Deputy PM Rabi Lamichhane’s citizenship illegal
Nepal’s Supreme Court has dismissed Rabi Lamichhane from the office of deputy prime Minister and home minister after he was found guilty in a citizenship and passport case. In accordance with the Constitutional bench’s orders of their top court, Rabi has also lost his post as a Member of Parliament.
After relinquishing his American citizenship, the court said that all the acts carried out by Rabi as a Nepali citizen would be deemed illegal. The court has held that Rabi Lamichhane used the citizenship that had been revoked without regaining his Nepalese citizenship.
Apart from stripping his position as a lawmaker, he is disqualified to succeed as the chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party.
