UML in discussion to file impeachment against four other judges

KATHMANDU: FEB. 13 – CPN-UML has started internal preparations to file impeachment against five judges, including Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana, for restoring the House of Representatives and ordering Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba to become the prime minister.

UML is preparing to file impeachment against four other judges as well as 98 lawmakers from the ruling party have filed a motion of impeachment against Chief Justice JB Rana.

According to UML sources, internal discussions will be held to impeach judges Deepak Kumar Karki, Meera Khadka, Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Ananda Mohan Bhattarai. A bench of Justices Karki, Khadka, Khatiwada and Bhattarai, including Chief Justice Rana, had reconstituted the House of Representatives on July 12.

An order was also issued at the petitioner’s request to make Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister. JB Rana sought a share of the government after Deuba became Prime Minister, and lawyers have demanded his resignation.