KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal has been appointed as the acting chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).
A meeting of the top leaders of RSP on Monday decided to designate Vice-Chairman Aryal as the acting chairman.
Aryal is now Acting President and PP leader of RSP
RSP chairman Ravi Lamichhane has been suspended from the post of Member of Parliament and is currently in custody after the District Government Attorney’s Office (DGAO), Kaski on Sunday filed a case against him on the charges of cooperative fraud, organized crime, and money laundering.
The DGAO filed the case against 64 individuals, including Lamichhane, for their alleged involvement in cooperative fraud related to Pokhara’s Suryadarshan Cooperative.
RSP is currently the fourth largest party in parliament with 21 lawmakers, including suspended Chairman Lamichhane.
