Kathmandu, May 27 -- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended that the government investigate 17 sitting lawmakers from Prime Minister Balendra Shah's party over violence during the Gen-Z movement.

The NHRC, in its report made public on Wednesday, named Rabi Lamichhane, Sudhan Gurung, Ganesh Karki, Sulabh Kharel, Hari Dhakal, Bablu Gupta, Toshima Karki, Rajiv Khatri, KP Khanal, Deepak Bohara, Manish Jha, Jwala Sangroula, Purushottam Yadav, Ashika Tamang, Shiva Yadav and Amit Khanal as people to be investigated for violence during the September uprising.

Lamichhane is the President of Balen's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which gained a super-majority in the election held six months after the Gen-Z movement of September ...