Nepal's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that deputy prime minister Rabi Lamichhane had stood for election with invalid citizenship papers, annulling his status as a lawmaker and effectively removing him from office.
Lamichhane became deputy prime minister for home affairs - heading the ministry that oversees identity cards - in a seven-party alliance that took power last month.
"He loses his ministerial position and there will be a by-election in his constituency," Lamichhane's lawyer Sunil Pokhrel told Reuters.
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