Rastriya Swatantra Party Objects to 'Indecent' and 'Insulting' Language Used by Nepali Congress Leader

Kathmandu. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has objected to the 'indecent' and 'insulting' words used by the leader of the main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, Bhishma Raj Angdembe. RSP MP Sumiksha Baskota, raising a point of order, urged not to use words that diminish the dignity of the parliament.  

Reminding the provision under Rule 21 (d) of the House of Representatives Regulations that indecent, obscene, and insulting words are not to be used, MP Baskota demanded that words like 'sadan ko cheerharan' (tearing of the parliament's clothes), 'murda laas' (dead body), and 'murda shanti' (dead peace) be removed from the parliamentary record as they are against the dignity of the parliament.  

Expressing anger over the description of ruling party MPs as 'murda laas', Baskota said, 'We have not come here to be dead bodies, nor have we come to choose dead peace. We are conscious and responsible about what we speak and what we do not speak.' She stated that the parliament is not just a common platform for the ruling or opposition parties, but a shared space for raising the voices of the citizens.  

Baskota said that they have not come to witness the 'tearing of the parliament's clothes', but to remove the 'tearing of citizens' clothes' which has been burdened by misgovernance for 35 years.  

MP Kathayat, stating that the insulting words targeted at the 182 MPs of the ruling party have insulted the parliament, demanded that the Speaker immediately remove those words from the parliamentary record.