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File: Rabi Lamichhane announces Rastriya Swatantra Party. Rabi Lamichhane’s political career has been nothing but a roller coaster. Having made a name as a television presenter, Lamichhane jumped into politics forming the Rastriya Swatantra Party and proved many people wrong by winning the 20 seats in the 2022 general elections. Following their success in the elections, Lamichhane and his party even joined the ruling coalition and he became the country’s home minister. But things took an ugly turn for him last Friday when the Supreme Court scraped his parliament and cabinet membership for not obtaining Nepali citizenship after renouncing his American citizenship. Wanting to make things right, Lamichhane, on Sunday, obtained his Nepali citizenship by following the due procedure. So, what went wrong for him? Why did the court give such a verdict? What does it mean for his party and what next for Mr Popular?  Here, we try to explain the curious case of Rabi Lamichhane. Ra...