Kathmandu, Oct. 31 -- The ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has tasked its parliamentary party with deciding whether to pursue impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court judges linked to controversies involving intermediary Inam Sapkota.

The move follows revelations that Sapkota deposited money in Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma's name and exchanged WhatsApp messages with Justice Hari Prasad Phuyal about a case pending before the court.

The RSP has called for the matter to be resolved through constitutional mechanisms. Its parliamentary strength gives it considerable leverage in the process: it has 182 members in the 275-member House of Representatives, just short of the 184 votes required for a two-thirds majority.

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