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.

Lamichhane argued that people who lost their lives in the disaster should not be viewed simply as victims of a natural calamity. He described them instead as victims of what he called climate injustice, saying Nepal has suffered severe consequences from the climate crisis despite contributing only a negligible share of global carbon emissions.

He urged the federal parliament to adopt a special resolution on “Himalayan Climate and Disaster Emergency” and called on the government to present Nepal’s position strongly at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly and COP conference.

Lamichhane also called for diplomatic efforts to secure grant-based international assistance through the Loss and Damage Fund, arguing that reconstruction should not place an additional foreign-debt burden on Nepal.

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He said citizens who have lost their homes, property or loved ones have a fundamental right to express anger and frustration toward the state. He warned that no party member should belittle their suffering, mock their grief or engage in cyberbullying against disaster victims.

Lamichhane warned that any RSP member or office-bearer found involved in such conduct would be expelled from the party, including from ordinary membership. He said the party needed members willing to support affected citizens rather than people who diminish their pain.

He also praised the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, health workers and local residents involved in rescue operations under difficult and dangerous conditions.

Lamichhane said the cooperation shown by political parties across ruling and opposition lines during the disaster was positive and argued that political blame games for narrow interests should be avoided during a national crisis.

The RSP chairman also addressed why he had not been as visible in disaster-hit areas as he had been during previous crises. He said he had chosen not to rush into the field because strengthening institutional mechanisms was more important than relying on individual enthusiasm.