Rabi Lamichhane proposes all-party panel on Bhote Koshi flood, warns against bullying victims

RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane proposed an all-party parliamentary committee to investigate the Bhote Koshi flood, declare it a national climate disaster, and warned against cyberbullying victims.

PUBLISHED09-SEP-2026 05:30 PM

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Rabi Lamichhane proposes all-party panel on Bhote Koshi flood, warns against bullying victims

Kathmandu, September 9, 2026 — Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane has proposed forming an all-party parliamentary special committee to investigate the causes and impact of the devastating Bhote Koshi River flood in Rasuwa, while warning party members against belittling or cyberbullying disaster victims.

Speaking during a special session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Lamichhane called for the disaster to be formally declared a national climate-related disaster.

“Let us declare the current flood a climate-related disaster of national importance,” Lamichhane said. “Let us form an all-party parliamentary special committee to examine the causes and damage caused by this disaster and to internationalise the issue.”

Lamichhane said search and rescue operations were still continuing in the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli corridor and expressed hope that people who remain missing could still be found.

“Rescue operations are still ongoing. We have not given up hope for good news,” he said, urging authorities to continue searching as long as there remained a possibility of rescuing missing people.

He said the government and the RSP should continue taking all possible measures to protect people affected by the flood and those who remain at risk.

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The proposal for a parliamentary special committee follows a multi-party meeting Lamichhane convened soon after the Bhote Koshi flood. Leaders from the RSP, Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), Shram Sanskriti Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party attended that meeting and adopted a 10-point commitment.

The 10th point of that agreement called for the formation of a high-level all-party mechanism to pursue long-term solutions to the disaster-related challenges.

Lamichhane’s Wednesday address largely focused on the Bhote Koshi disaster, climate change, disaster preparedness and Nepal’s diplomatic response. He did not discuss the September 2025 Gen-Z movement and the events of September 23 and 24 during his parliamentary remarks, although he had issued a separate statement on the movement on Tuesday.