Kathmandu — President Ramchandra Paudel has officially ended the ongoing session of the National Assembly based on the recommendation of the Cabinet meeting held on Monday evening.
In line with Article 93 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal, the session has been concluded effective from Tuesday midnight. With the House of Representatives already dissolved and the National Assembly session now closed, the government has been cleared to issue ordinances.
Kathmandu – The Federal Civil Service Bill has been passed by the Legislative Management Committee of the National Assembly.
The committee, which met at 8 a.m., read the full draft of the bill, discussed it, and approved the report.
The bill had earlier been passed by the House of Representatives on 14 Ashad and forwarded to the National Assembly. The National Assembly had sent it to the legislative committee for detailed discussion.
The bill, approved by the committee, is expected to be passed in today’s National Assembly session before being sent back to the House of Representatives.
Kathmandu — The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Land Bill 2082, which amends several existing laws related to land. Speaker Devraj Ghimire announced the bill’s approval after it was endorsed by a majority vote.
Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Balram Adhikari, had presented the proposal for decision. He explained that the bill was introduced to provide land to landless Dalits, squatters, and unmanaged settlers, aiming to regulate settlement patterns across the country. According to him, families living in risky areas will be relocated to integrated settlements through coordination with local governments.
However, some lawmakers criticized the bill. Rajkishor Yadav of the JASAPA argued that the intended groups may not benefit as expected, while lawmaker Prakash Adhikari claimed that the bill lacked constitutional analysis and could favor land mafias. Maoist chief whip Hitraj Pandey said some provisions were impractical and would not serve the general public’s interest. Similarly, Maoist whip Rupa Sosi Chaudhary, though supporting the provision of land to Dalits and squatters, accused the bill of including arrangements that would benefit real estate businesses.
KATHMANDU — Four different committees of the Federal Parliament are scheduled to meet today, according to the official calendar. The meetings will include the Finance Committee, the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, the Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee, and the Legislative Management Committee.
The Finance Committee will hold clause-by-clause discussions on the “Bill on Managing Alternative Development Finance.”
The Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee will conduct a clause-by-clause review of the “Nepal Bar Council (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081.”
The Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee will discuss matters related to the “Hind Kush Himalayan Parliaments’ Meet – 2025.”
Meanwhile, the Legislative Management Committee will hold a theoretical discussion on the “Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081.”
Kathmandu – The House of Representatives meeting has been postponed for 10 days.
Concluding the meeting on Friday, Speaker Devraj Ghimire has informed that the next meeting will be held on 19th Shrawan at 1 pm.
Kathmandu – The National Assembly meeting is scheduled to convene at 1:15 pm today.
In today’s meeting, the possible agenda has been set for Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Bhagwati Neupane to present a proposal that the ‘Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080, received with a message from the House of Representatives, be sent to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion.
Similarly, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak will present a proposal that the ‘Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081, received with a message from the House of Representatives, be sent to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion.’ The concerned minister will answer the oral questions related to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The meeting of three committees under the House of Representatives is also being held today. The agenda includes meetings of the Law, Justice and Human Rights, Women and Social Affairs, and Education, Health and Information Technology committees. The Law Committee is scheduled to discuss ‘the Universal Periodic Review with the National Human Rights Commission’.
The Women and Social Affairs Committee has an agenda to discuss ‘the current situation of female workers employed abroad’. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee has an agenda to ‘discuss with the amenders on the Media Council Bill’. The same bill is being discussed continuously in that committee.
Kathmandu – Today, a meeting of five different committees of the Federal Parliament is being held.
According to the scheduled agenda of the Federal Parliament, today, a meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, Women and Children, Education, Health and Information Technology, Legislative Management and Public Policy and Delegated Legislative Committee is being held.
The Law Committee has set the agenda for ‘discussions with the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers regarding the Universal Periodic Review’, informed the committee’s secretary Ramhari Thapa.
Similarly, the Women and Social Affairs Committee will discuss the ‘Annual Report of the Madhesi Commission (2080/81)’. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee has the agenda for ‘principled discussion on the Media Council Bill’.
The Legislative Management Committee is scheduled to discuss the ‘National Forensic Science Laboratory (Establishment and Operation) Bill, 2081’ clause-wise. The Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee has an agenda to discuss the ‘Report Related to National Parks’.
Kathmandu — The Federal Parliament House of Representatives will meet today at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor. The agenda for today’s meeting is for Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel to present a proposal to consider the ‘Alternative Finance Mobilization Bill, 2081’.
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal will present a proposal to consider the ‘Ships (Operation and Management) Bill, 2081, which originated in the National Assembly.’ In today’s meeting, Accounts Committee Chairman Hrishikesh Pokharel will present the ’23rd Annual Report of the Public Accounts Committee, 2082′ and Speaker Devraj Ghimire will read out the letter regarding the certification of the bill received from the President’s Office.
Similarly, the National Assembly meeting will be held at 1:15 pm today. In today’s meeting of the National Assembly, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Rajkumar Gupta will present a proposal to consider the ‘Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080’ received with a message from the House of Representatives.
In the meeting, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka will present a proposal to send the ‘Water Resources Bill, 2081’ received with a message from the House of Representatives to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion, according to the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
Kathmandu – Meetings of nine different committees of the Federal Parliament are being held today.
The meetings of the Finance Committee, International Relations and Tourism, Industry, Commerce and Labor and Consumer Welfare, Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committees of the House of Representatives are about to be held. Similarly, the meeting of the Women and Social, Infrastructure Development, Education, Health and Information Technology Committees is on the agenda.
The meeting of the Federalism Strengthening and National Concerns Committee of the National Assembly is also being held. The agenda of the meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee, which is a joint committee, has also been set to be held today.
The agenda of the Finance Committee meeting is to discuss with the amendment proposer who registered the amendment proposal to the bill to amend the Bank and Financial Institutions Act, 2073 BS. The International Relations and Tourism Committee will discuss with the amender the Nepal Air Service Authority Bill, 2081 BS.
The Industry and Commerce Committee will discuss the quota determined by the Government of Nepal for the import and sale and distribution of chemical fertilizers to be provided as subsidies to farmers. The Agriculture and Cooperatives Committee will discuss the committee’s upcoming programs and current issues. The Infrastructure Development Committee has an agenda to discuss the Electricity Bill, 2080, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Bill, 2081, Sunkoshi Marine Diversion Project and various topics. The Education Committee will discuss the report of the School Education Bill subcommittee.
The Federalism Strengthening Committee will discuss the draft of the committee’s on-site monitoring report. The Parliamentary Hearing Committee will discuss the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the recommended persons for hearing.
Since the meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled for Monday and the meeting of the National Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, the agenda for discussion has been set to take forward important bills in the committee.
Kathmandu – Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives under the federal parliament will be held at 1 pm at the Parliament Building, New Baneshwor.
Today’s agenda includes the presentation of the ‘Annual Report of the National Natural Resources and Finance Commission, 2080/81’ by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
In the assembly, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel will present a proposal to ‘discuss the Secure Transactions (First Amendment) Bill, 2080 along with the report of the Finance Committee.’
Similarly, the Finance Minister will present a proposal to ‘pass the Secure Transactions (First Amendment) Bill, 2081’.
Kathmandu- The meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled for second consecutive day today . The work related to the ordinance, which was on the daily agenda on Thursday but could not be moved forward, is not on the possible agenda for today’s meeting too.
The ‘Report of the Committee on the Electronic Commerce Bill’ will be presented in the meeting to be held at 1 pm.
Similarly, there is an agenda to pass the legislative bill. There is also a possible agenda to present a report on the mechanisms of international labor standards.
Kathmandu: The second meeting of the House of Representatives under the winter session is being held today. The meeting will begin at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor.
The agenda for today’s meeting is to submit a proposal to pass the ordinance. Similarly, the agenda for today’s meeting of the House of Representatives includes submitting proposals to reject the ordinance.
Opposition party lawmakers have registered 50 proposals in the House of Representatives and 16 in the National Assembly to reject the ordinance.
Since the ruling party has a majority in the House of Representatives, it is seen that the ordinance will be easily passed there. However, since the ruling parties don’t have a majority in the National Assembly, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba have sought the support of JASAPA Nepal. For that, top leaders of the ruling party are trying their best to bring Upendra Yadav in favor of the ordinance.
Kathmandu – The winter session of Parliament has been scheduled for 1 pm today. While opposition parties are saying that they will protest in Parliament today regarding the bill and ordinance to be presented by the government in Parliament, MPs from the ruling party Nepali Congress are seen opposing the ordinance.
A meeting of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party is currently being held after their own MPs were seen opposing it. Congress leaders have said that the meeting may have been called to discuss the winter session starting today and to urge the MPs not to speak against the ordinance and to move forward with unity in Parliament. It is understood that apart three of the Congress MPs all are against the ordinance brought by the government.
In fact, Nepali Congress General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwaprakash Sharma have openly opposed the social media bill introduced by the government in the media and said that it should be corrected, while other lawmakers have also criticized the government’s move, saying that the government introduced the bill in a way that was favorable to them without discussing it in a parliamentary committee and that running the government through ordinances is a wrong practice in democracy.
Kathmandu- The winter session of the federal parliament is set to convene at the International Convention Centre, New Baneshwor, at 1:00 PM today.
This session is also regarded as the “bill session.”The Federal Parliament Secretariat has released the tentative agenda for both Houses. According to Secretariat Spokesperson Ekram Giri, the agenda includes the Speaker reading various letters from the President, including one regarding the commencement of the session.Additionally, as per Rule 10 of the House of Representatives Regulation, 2079, the Speaker will nominate a member to chair the meeting. Lawmakers will also deliver statements on behalf of their respective parties, following established practice.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will present the Ordinance to Amend Certain Nepal Acts Related to Promoting Good Governance and Public Service Delivery, 2081. Similarly, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel will introduce the Ordinance on Financial Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility (First Amendment), 2081, the Ordinance on Privatization (First Amendment), 2081, and the Ordinance to Amend Certain Nepal Acts Related to Improving the Economic and Business Environment and Investment Promotion, 2081.
Meanwhile, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation Bal Ram Adhikari is scheduled to present the Ordinance to Amend Certain Nepal Acts Related to Cooperatives, 2081 and the Ordinance to Amend Certain Nepal Acts Related to Land Management, 2081.The Speaker will also table various condolence motions. Additionally, the National Assembly agenda includes the presentation of the Media Council Bill and the report of the Committee on the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Bill, 2081.
Kathmandu- The Business Advisory Committee of the House of Representatives has approved the calendar of the House of Representatives for the winter session.
The committee meeting held at Singha Durbar on Tuesday approved the calendar prepared by the Parliament Secretariat with changes. UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula informed that top leaders will address the first meeting of the parliament on Magh 18 and the ordinance will be presented for decision in the meeting on Magh 24.
He said that the replacement bill will be presented by the government within a few weeks. He said that the ruling party is serious about presenting as many bills as possible in the upcoming session of the parliament and achieving a quorum in the house.
Similarly, Maoist Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey informed that the agenda has been prepared to move the house forward smoothly. He said that in the meeting, they raised the issue of bringing the ordinance of the bill that is under discussion in the parliamentary committee.
He also informed that they protested after the Congress said that the country would now be run through an ordinance in the meeting.
Similarly, Congress Chief Whip Shyam Ghimire clarified that they did not say that the country would be run through an ordinance, but rather that an ordinance would be an option if the law could not be made in time.
He said that the Maoist whip had exaggerated the issue that the delay in making the law prompted the government to bring an ordinance.He said that the Congress is of the opinion that the law-making process should be followed by making a schedule.
He said that the ordinance brought by the government is not political in nature and has been brought for the economy and good governance based on the needs of the country. Ghimire mentioned that there is no reason to oppose the ordinance.
Kathmandu – The Parliament Secretariat has moved forward discussions with political parties with the preparation of forming a House of Representatives Rules Amendment Drafting Committee to amend the House of Representatives Rules.
It is said that the rules are being amended to end the tendency of bills registered in the Parliament to be held for a long time. The rules are being amended in an effort to make lawmaking and the process within the Parliament within a time limit.
In the discussion organized by Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Monday with the chief whips and whips of the five major parties, the issue of forming a Rules Amendment Drafting Committee was also discussed and it is understood that preparations are underway to announce the Rules Drafting Committee from the House of Representatives after taking a decision in the Business Advisory Committee meeting with political consensus.
The Parliament session is starting from Magh 18. The parties are preparing to form a Rules Amendment Drafting Committee immediately after the session begins.
The Congress and the UML have concluded that the regulations should be amended to set a three-month deadline for the creation of laws within the parliament, and a proposal is being put forward that the relevant thematic committee should finalize it within a maximum of 90 days when a new bill reaches a committee of the House of Representatives. If a bill is made to amend an act, the committee should finalize it within 60 days, otherwise the House of Representatives will automatically proceed with it without any obstacles.
The relevant thematic committee can request additional time with a satisfactory reason and the proposal requesting such time must be approved by the meeting of the House of Representatives itself.
Earlier, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had also said that it is inconvenient to work when bills are stuck in the parliament for a long time.
Kathmandu: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has held discussions with the chief whips of the ruling and opposition parties on the conduct of the winter session of the parliament , which will begin on Magh 18.
On Sunday, he held discussions with the whips of both the ruling and opposition parties on how to bring in more business during the winter session and what kind of agenda can be put on the business and advisory committee.
Maoist Center Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey said that more MPs and ministers from the ruling party are absent than the opposition and suggested that more attention should be paid to the role of the ruling party to make the meeting effective.
Chief Whip Pandey said that it was wrong to bring an ordinance without withdrawing the bill that was in the parliamentary committee and drew the attention of the Speaker to the ordinance being brought by circumventing the parliament.
Chief whips of the opposition parties have suggested that the Parliament Secretariat should have also alerted the government about the ordinance and move forward by setting an agenda for the meeting of the Business and Consultative Committee.
Kathmandu – Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have proposed a three-month deadline for parliamentary committees in lawmaking.
Since bills have been stuck in parliamentary committees for a long time, the task force formed by the Congress and the UML has proposed to break the trend and speed up lawmaking, and once a new bill reaches the House of Representatives committee, the concerned thematic committee should finalize it within a maximum of 90 days.
In order to set a deadline for lawmaking, the House of Representatives Rules, the National Assembly Rules, and the Joint Working Procedures of the Federal Parliament will have to be amended. It has been decided to discuss with the opposition parties to take forward the homework of amending the rules.
If a bill is made to amend an act, the committee should finalize it within 60 days, otherwise the House of Representatives will automatically proceed without any obstacles. The attempt is made to set a deadline in the rules so that the concerned thematic committee can request additional time with a satisfactory reason and the proposal to request such time must be approved by the House of Representatives meeting itself.
Kathmandu — The ruling coalition’s joint parliamentary task force has decided to hold discussions with opposition party chief whips on the issue of passing bills under consideration in parliament within the deadline.
The parliamentary task force of the Nepali Congress and the UML has decided to work to get the bills under consideration in the federal parliament passed in the upcoming session. After the meeting, Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary and MP Jeevan Pariyar said that it has been decided to consult with the party chief whips in the federal parliament for the necessary discussions to pass the bills in the committees of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.
He said that the authority to hold discussions with the opposition party chief whips has been given to Congress Chief Whip Shyam Ghimire and CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula. He also said that it has been decided to hold necessary discussions with party-based committee members on the bills in various committees of the federal parliament.
“In terms of the bills under consideration in the committees of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, the bills must be passed by the committees in order to pass all the bills in the upcoming parliament session. We have decided to authorize Nepali Congress Whip Shyam Kumar Ghimire and CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula to hold necessary discussions with the chief whips of other parties to hold necessary discussions with them,” Pariyar said. “The bills are under discussion in five committees of the House of Representatives.
Pariyar said that some bills have been under discussion in the committees for the past 16 months. He said that it is not a good thing for the bills to remain in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly for a long time.
Pariyar said that the bills under consideration in the committee should be passed immediately as per the instructions given by the two-party mechanism. Pariyar said that it has been decided to discuss with the chief whips of other parties regarding amendments to the rules and procedures of both houses so that the bills in the committee are passed within the time limit.
The meeting of the task force included UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula, Whip Sunita Baral, Congress Chief Whip Shyam Kumar Ghimire, UML MP Yogesh Bhattarai, Congress MP Jeevan Pariyar, and National Assembly member Bhagwati Neupane.
Kathmandu – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli while addressing the parliament while asking for a vote of confidence said that the national constitution is not an unamendable subject and the constitution will be amended after gathering consensus.
He also said that the constitution is a tool for the welfare of the country and the people, not the end, and the constitution and laws are amended and modified by necessity. He also said, that there is a surprising negative tendency among a few parties and the leaders when the matter of constitutional amendment is not addressed according to what they said.
Oli said that the generation after 2046 seems to be in extreme despair for the first time, and said that the current government was formed to remove despair, communicate hope, and move the country forward in a fast economic direction.
Addressing the Parliament, Prime Minister Oli has said that the stock market is the proof of the trust and confidence shown by the people towards our government and now not only the stock market but the entire market of the country will run. In addition, the government has also said that it will study the changes brought about in the components of the economy due to foreign employment.
Similarly, he also said that action will be taken regardless of who the co-operative victim is.
In addition, Prime Minister Oli also disclosed the 5-point priority of the government and the 7-point agreement reached between the Congress-UML in the parliament.
KATHMANDU – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli announced the 7-point agreement reached between the Congress-UML while seeking a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives meeting.
This is the 7-point agreement between Congress and UML.
Kathmandu – Arjun Baskota of Bhaktapur filed a complaint with the Parliament’s Good Governance Committee alleging that Deputy Speaker Indira Ranamar misused her position and recommended visa interviews to non-parliamentarians at the American Embassy in Kathmandu.
In the complaint, it is also demanded that the Deputy Speaker be investigated and removed from the position. Chairman of the committee, Ramhari Khatiwada informed that a complaint has been filed against the Deputy Speaker and said that he has informed the Speaker Devraj Ghimire that it is necessary to discuss it.
It was made public that Deputy Speaker Rana had misused her position and written a letter to take five people to America. The 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was held in New York, USA. The Deputy Speaker, who was going to participate in the same event, started the process of bringing 4 men and one woman who were not related to the women’s rights campaign with her.
Kathmandu – Prime Minister Oli will take the vote of confidence in Parliament on Sunday.
There is a legal provision that the Prime Minister should take a vote of confidence within 30 days of his appointment. But getting a vote of confidence sooner is better said Mahesh Bartaula, the ruling party’s chief whip, as it could be easier for the Prime Minister to get into the Parliament immediately and proceed with the work.
Nepali Congress, the largest party in the parliament, supports Oli, who became the prime minister by replacing the Prachanda-led government. Oli, who lost the Prime Minister by the Supreme Court’s order last time, might have to face the court’s decision again, as this time too a writ has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding the cancellation of his appointment.
Amidst the discussion that the court may pave the way for the formation of the government of the largest party under 76.3 of the constitution, Oli is going to take the vote of confidence on Sunday, keeping all these things aside.
Kathmandu: The two largest parties in the House of Representatives, Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party (UML) have submitted their claims for the new Prime Minister. After President Ramchandra Paudel called to submit claims for the post of Prime Minister according to clause (2) of Article 76 of the Constitution of Nepal, two parties submitted their claims.
UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula said that Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and UML President KP Sharma Oli submitted a claim to the President for the appointment of Oli as the Prime Minister with the signatures of the majority of members as party leaders.
After Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal did not receive a vote of confidence in the meeting of the House of Representatives today, President Paudel requested a claim to appoint a Prime minister from the members of the House of Representatives who can obtain a majority with the support of two or more parties represented in the House of Representatives in accordance with clause (2) of Article 76 of the Constitution of Nepal.
While Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda was taking the vote of confidence, it was found that 15 MPs were absent from the House of Representatives on Friday.
A total of 17 MPs did not participate in the voting.
Prem Suwal, the only MP of Nemkipa, remained neutral.
CPN (UML) suspended MP Top Bahadur Rayamajhi is in jail while RAPRAPA MP Geeta Basnet is also suspended.Speaker Devraj Ghimire did not participate in the voting.According to sources, Nepali Congress MPs Ambika Basnet, DurlabhThapa Chhetri, and Manorama Sherchan did not participate in the voting.
Similarly, UML’s Ashma Kumari Chaudhary, Ishwari Gharti, Basant Kumar Nemwang, Suryakumari Shrestha, and Harkamaya Bishwakarma did not participate in the voting.
Likewise, Devendra Poudel of the Maoist Center also did not participate in Friday’s meeting.
Ranjita Shrestha of nagarik unmukti party, Independent MP Yogendra Mandal, Sushila Shrestha of Janata Samajwadi Party (led by Ashok Rai) and Binita Kumari Singh of Janmat Party were also not present dyring the voting.
In the 275-member House of Representatives, 63 votes were cast in favor of Prime Minister Dahal and 194 votes were cast against.
Kathmandu – Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been relieved of his post as Prime Minister after not receiving a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives. Dahal took the vote of confidence from Parliament for the fifth time on Friday during the 18 months he led the government.
But he could not get the majority in the House of Representatives. Only 63 votes were cast in favor of Dahal out of 258 present at the meeting of the House of Representatives on Friday. He was dismissed after not getting the 138 votes required to become the prime minister. 194 votes were cast against him. There was 1 vote for not voting.
Prime Minister Dahal, who changed alliances with UML twice and once with Congress three times in 18 months, appeared in the House of Representatives on Friday to take the vote of confidence.
After a seven-point agreement was reached between the two major parties in the parliament on Ashad 17 to take turns leading the government, including amending the constitution, UML and Ashok Rai-led Janata Samajwadi Party, which participated in the government, withdrew their support. After that, Dahal, who was in the minority, took a vote of confidence in accordance with the constitutional facility without resigning.
Earlier, Dahal was successful in getting the vote of confidence four times with the support of Congress and UML, but failed this time.
According to Article 100 (2) of the Constitution, if the party represented by the Prime Minister splits or if the party participating in the government withdraws its support, the Prime Minister shall submit a proposal to the House of Representatives for a vote of confidence within 30 days.
In the House of Representatives, Congress, UML, RAPRAPA, JASAPA, JASAPA Nepal, Janmaat, Loktantrik Samajwadi and Nagarik Unmukti did not give a vote of confidence. After not getting a vote of confidence, he was relieved of his post according to the constitutional provisions. Now the way to form a new government is open.
Kathmandu – Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has proposed a directly elected executive system if the constitution is to be amended. He brought this proposal while submitting a motion of confidence in the House of Representatives.
He pointed out that efforts are being made to reverse the achievements of the constitution and said that he opposed it. ‘If it is about amending the constitution, let’s go to the directly elected executive.
Mentioning that efforts are being made to reverse the achievements of the constitution, in the name of stability. He also blamed Congress and UML for trying to end inclusive and proportional existence, along with the existence of small parties.
Saying that, he also requested not to be involved in complex and sensitive matters like constitutional amendment.
KATHMANDU – The government has presented an ordinance related to economic procedures and an order to remove difficulties in the meeting of the House of Representatives .
Finance Minister Dr Prakasharan Mahat presented the ‘Financial Procedures and Financial Accountability (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080’ in the meeting. The ordinance includes provisions such as extending the time period for pre-discussion of the government’s policies and programs and budget.
Likewise, the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dhanraj Gurung has submitted an order to remove the discomfort caused by the extension of two commissions related to transitional justice according to Section 42 of the Commission of Inquiry into Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2071
Kathmandu – The winter session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Seven possible agendas have been set for the meeting of the House of Representatives, which is scheduled for 4 pm.
At the beginning of the meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire will read out the details of the letter received from the President. After that, he will read out the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the President and the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, the agenda for the Speaker to nominate the members who will preside over the meeting according to the House of Representatives Rules 2079 has been decided. Likewise, the Electronic Business Bill, 2080 and the National Dignity Bill, 2079 will be tabled in the National Assembly.
Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat will introduce the Financial Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080 and Law Minister Dhanraj Gurung has issued an agenda to submit an order to remove obstacles according to section 42 of the Investigation, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2071 issued by the decision of the Council of Ministers.
Kathmandu- The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly will be held on March 12. The detailed schedule of the election prepared by the National Assembly Executive Committee will be announced on March 10.
The term of office of 20 MPs including Speaker Ganesh Prasad Timilsina of the 59-member National Assembly is expiring on the 3rd of March. 19 members have been elected from the election of National Assembly members held on January 25, while the President will nominate one member on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
In terms of numbers, the coalition government currently has a clear majority in the National Assembly . As per the coalition leaders, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula might be the candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly on behalf of the coalition.
Kathmandu- The Election Commission has submitted the report with the results of the National Assembly elections to the President Ramchandra Paudel.
Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission Dinesh Kumar Thapalia presented the report to President Paudel at a program held on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhawan Sheetal Niwas.
According to Section 60 of the National Assembly Member Election Act, 2075, the report with the election results of the National Assembly Member Election, 2080 has been submitted to the President’s Office.
Elections were held in all the seven provinces for 19 seats.
The remaining 1 seat will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the government.
Kathmandu – With the results of today’s election of the National Assembly, the CPN Maoist Center has succeeded in becoming the largest party in the National Assembly. According to today’s vote results, the Maoist Center has become the largest party in the National Assembly with 17 seats, while the Congress is in second place with 16 seats.
In the National Assembly elections held for 19 seats, 10 people were elected from the Congress, 5 from the Maoist Center, 2 from the United Socialist Party and 1 each from the Janata Samajwadi Party and the CPN-UML. With today’s voting results, the party equation in the National Assembly has changed.
Who won the National Assembly member election?
In the election for National Assembly members, Krishna Sitaula of Congress and Rukmini Koirala of UML were elected from Koshi Province, while Anand Prasad Dhungana of Congress and Pooja Chaudhary of Jaspa were elected from Madhesh Province.
In Bagmati, Jeetjung Basnet and Vishnudevi Pudasaini of Nepali Congress, Srikrishna Adhikari of CPN Maoist Center and Ghanshyam Rizal of CPN Unified Socialist were elected, while in Gandaki, Kiran Babu Shrestha of Congress, Padma Bahadur Pariyar and Manrupa Sharma of Maoist were elected.
Similarly, Bishnu Kumari Sapkota of the Congress and Jhakkuprasad Subedi of the Maoist Center were elected from Lumbini Province, while Savitri Malla of the United Socialist Party, Vishnu BK of the Maoist and Krishna Bahadur Rokaya of the Congress were elected in Karnali.
Similarly, Maoist’s Renu Chand from the women’s side, Congress’s Narayan Bhatt from the disability side and Baldev Bohra from the Congress have been elected from Far West Province.
Janakpur- Vote count for the National Assembly member election has started in Janakpur. Voting started at 9 am and ended at 3 pm in all the 14 polling stations of seven provinces.
According to the Election Commission, 99.32 percent votes were cast in the election. Commission spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel informed that the voting was peaceful and all the results will be available by 8 pm.
According to Paudel, counting of votes has already started in Janakpur of Madhesh province. All-party meetings have also started in other states. Counting of votes will begin in all provinces in the next hour.
Elections were held today for 19 seats in the National Assembly and one will be nominated by the President. 51 candidates from eight teams are competing for 19 seats .
Kathmandu – National Assembly elections are being held today in all seven provinces. Out of the 20 vacant seats in the National Assembly, elections are going to be held for 19 seats. One person will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the government.
The Election Commission has said that voting will be held from 9 am to 3 pm and counting of votes will start immediately after the polling and the results will be announced today. Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapalia has informed that the election results will be announced within 3-4 hours.
According to the Election Commission, there are 51 candidates from eight political parties in the election. There are 5 candidates in Koshi province, 5 in Madhes, 15 in Bagmati, 8 in Gandaki and 6 each in Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. There are a total of 51 candidates in all the seven provinces, 18 for the women group, 5 for the Dalit group, 8 for persons with disabilities or minority communities and 20 for other groups.
In the election of members of the National Assembly, the electors are the members of the provincial assembly, the chairman and vice-chairman of the rural municipality, and the head and deputy chief of the municipality. There are a total of 2 thousand 47 voters for the election of the member of the national assembly .
Kathmandu – President Ramchandra Paudel has called a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament. On the Recommendation of the Council of Ministers President Paudel has called a meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.
Spokesperson of the President’s Office, Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai, informed that President Paudel has called a meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly to be held at 4 pm on 5th February.
Clause (1) of Article 93 of the Constitution provides that the President shall convene a session of the Parliament on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
KATHMANDU – With the conclusion that the budget of the federal parliament is insufficient, the officials of the federal parliament will demand to increase the budget of the parliament.
Speaker’s press adviser Shekhar Adhikari has said that preparations are being made to meet the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat demanding to increase the budget of the Parliament.
According to Dashrath Dhamala, the Information Officer of the Parliament Secretariat, the government has only given Rs 1.22 Billion for the budget request of Rs 1.82 billion in the last financial year, and the parliament secretariat has estimated that one billion 87 million budget will be required for the next financial year.
In the meeting held at the Speaker’s office in Singhdurbar on Tuesday, it was agreed to jointly request the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister to increase the budget of the Parliament.
May 7-Kathmandu — The budget session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Today, Finance Minister Prakasharan Mahat will submit a proposal to discuss the principles and priorities of the appropriation bill for the next financial year.
According to the constitutional provision, the budget for the next financial year should be submitted by 29th of May. Before that, the annual policy and program will be submitted. According to the Parliament Secretariat, an ordinance to amend some laws related to the Civil Code will also be submitted on today’s session.
In the 92-hour and 30-minute meeting of the first parliamentary session that lasted for 110 days, no significant work was done, nor was any bill passed, except for passing the rules of the House of Representatives and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal taking a vote of confidence twice.
The parliamentarians said that the government did not answer the questions raised by the parliamentarians in the previous session, and the government should address the questions raised by the people’s representatives in the next session. The government is also under pressure to move forward the Citizenship Bill, which was not implemented due to non-certification by the President, in this session.
April 18, Kathmandu – The meeting of the National Assembly scheduled to be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:31 PM has been postponed indefinitely.
The General Secretary of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Bharatraj Gautam, has published a notice saying that the meeting has been adjourned until further notice.
Earlier, the meeting called for 30 Chaitra 2079 BS.was also postponed on the instructions of the President of the National Assembly, Timilsina.
CPN-UML has objected to the government’s move to extend the tenure of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly.
In the meeting of the House of Representatives today, Member of Parliament Sher Bahadur Tamang said that the bill related to tenure should be withdrawn by addressing today’s parliament meeting from the government side. He stressed to the fact that Parliament should be dissolved after announcing the election. Tamang made it clear that taking the fresh mandate of the people should not be delayed and urged to accept the opinion of the people.
Similarly, MP Gokul Prasad Baskota commented that the alliance is trying to prolong the life of the parliament by imprisoning democracy in its fist. He asked what conspiracy they were trying to do in two months by extending the tenure of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly.
He commented that prolonging the life of the parliament means stifling democracy. Baskota made it clear that CPN-UML will not agree on this bill.
The National Assembly has passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.
The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration was passed by the House of Representatives with no changes to its previous content and presented to the National Assembly.
The previous meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to refer the Bill to the Legislative Committee for a discussion and the Legislative Committee meeting also passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.
Earlier, the Legislative Committee presented the bill with the report to the National Assembly.
The Citizenship Bill has been passed by the Legislation Committee of the National Assembly without any amendments.
The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration was passed by the House of Representatives with no changes to its previous content and presented to the National Assembly. The previous meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to refer the Bill to the Legislative Committee for a discussion. The Legislative Committee meeting today passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.
Despite the written disagreement of the UML, the majority of the ruling coalition party has passed the bill. It is said that the Legislative Committee will present the bill with a report at the National Assembly meeting on Thursday.
The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration, has been sent by the National Assembly to the Legislation Management Committee for discussion.
In the meeting of the National Assembly held today, the proposal of Home Minister Balkrishna Khand was unanimously approved to send the citizenship bill to the Legislation Management Committee.
The Citizenship Bill will now be discussed in the Legislation Management Committee of the National Assembly and submitted to the Assembly again along with the report of the committee.
The next meeting of the National Assembly will be held on Bhadra 16 2079 BS.
The letter received from the President’s Office regarding the Citizenship Bill returned for reconsideration by honourable President Bidya Devi Bhandari will be presented in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.
Today’s meeting at 1:01 p.m. has an agenda for the National Assembly Secretary Rajendra Phuyal to inform about the returned bill with a message from the President. Similarly, it is mentioned in today’s agenda that Phuyal will also inform about the message received from the House of Representatives regarding the Citizenship Bill. After that, the discussion on the Citizenship Bill will proceed in the National Assembly.
The Citizenship Bill, which was sent back for reconsideration by President Bidya Devi Bhandari with a 15-point message, was passed by the House of Representatives on the 2nd of Bhadra and sent to the National Assembly.
If the Bill is again passed by the Parliament and sent to the President for approval, this time the constitutional right to withdraw the Bill is not given to the President.
The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill-2079, which was returned with a message from President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has been passed.
Home Minister Balkrishna Khand’s proposal to pass the Nepal Citizenship Bill 2079, which was withdrawn by President Bhandari, was passed by the majority.
After the main opposition party CPN-UML demanded a division of votes, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota called for a vote on the Citizenship Bill. 135 votes were cast in favour of it while 60 votes were cast against it.
More than 77 parliamentarians from the ruling party and the opposition expressed their opinions while participating in the discussion on the bill.
In the constitution, the president is given the right to withdraw the bill only once. If the bill is again passed by both the houses, there is a constitutional provision that the President must certify it. After the approval of the President, the bill will become law.
The parliamentary special investigation committee constituted to investigate the then Finance Minister Janardan Sharma on the charge of unauthorized persons entering the Ministry of Finance and changing the rates of taxes and customs during the preparation of the budget for the financial year 2079/80 has submitted its report to the Parliament today.
In the 129-page long report prepared by the 11-member parliamentary special committee led by MP Laxmanlal Karna, it has cleared Sharma saying that no such concrete evidence has been found against him.
According to paragraph 4 of the report published by the committee, It has been concluded that Sharma is set to be free of all charges.
Full text of the report:
The 48th meeting of the eleventh session of the House of Representatives is being held today.
In today’s Parliament sitting to be convened at 11 am, the Parliament Secretariat has published a 5-point agenda for discussion.
Industry, Commerce and Supply Minister Dilendra Prasad Badu is scheduled to submit a proposal to consider the Standard Measures and Weights (Fifth Amendment) Bill 2076. Similarly, a proposal to consider the Accreditation Bill 2076 is also included in today’s agenda.
In today’s House of Representatives meeting, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to submit the Nepal Service Special Bill 2076 to Parliament for discussion.
In addition to these, it has been mentioned in today’s agenda published by the Parliament Secretariat that 3 other bills will be discussed in today’s Parliament meeting.
The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 has also been passed by the National Assembly.
The Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 was passed by the majority of the parliamentarians present in the National Assembly after the discussion held on Thursday. The Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina announced that the bill was passed by the majority.
The Citizenship Bill passed by the National Assembly will now be sent by the National Assembly to the House of Representatives and the House of Representatives will send it to the President. It will come into effect after the President authenticates it and publishes it in the Gazette.
Today’s meeting of the National Assembly has unanimously approved the proposal to consider the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 received with a message from the House of Representatives.
After the proposal is approved unanimously, according to rule 106 of the National Assembly Rules 2075, the parliamentarians can register the amendment proposal in the bill branch under the National Assembly.
The next meeting of the National Assembly is scheduled to be held on Thursday 28th July at 11 am.
Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill 2079 has been tabled in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.
The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079, received with a message from the House of Representatives, was presented by Rajendra Phuyal, Secretary of the National Assembly, in today’s meeting.
Similarly, the message from the House of Representatives regarding the Nepal Engineering Council (First Amendment) Bill 2076 and Senior Citizens (First Amendment) Bill 2075 was also presented in today’s meeting.
A meeting of the House of Representatives will be held today at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building.
In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Education and Health Committee, Jaipuri Gharti, will submit the report of the Education and Health Committee on the Yogamaya Ayurveda University Bill, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
Similarly, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand will present the Prisons Bill, 2076 with the report of the State Order and Good Governance Committee for discussion and propose that the Prisons Bill 2078 be passed.
In today’s meeting, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel will submit a proposal to consider the amendment made by the National Assembly on the Madan Bhandari Science and Technology University Bill 2076, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
The government is preparing to pass the disputed citizenship bill in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, it has been mentioned in the agenda that Home Minister Balkrishna Khand will submit a motion to pass the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, which will be held at 1:00 PM.
Coalition government withdrew the previous citizenship bill prepared by the then Oli government and registered a new bill.
Voting for the post of Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives) is scheduled at 3 pm today.
Pushpa Bhusal of Nepali Congress and Bidya Bhattarai of CPN-UML have registered their candidature for the post of Deputy Speaker, which is vacant after the resignation of the then Deputy Speaker Shivmaya Tumbahangfe.
Based on the current number of 271 MPs in the House of Representatives, it seems that a majority of the existing number, i.e. 136 votes, is required to be elected as the Deputy Speaker. In the ruling coalition, there are 61 MPs from the Nepali Congress, 40 from the Maoist Center, 23 from the United Socialist Party, 20 from the Janata Samajwadi Party and 1 from the Rashtriya Janamorcha, while there are 98 MPs from the CPN-UML.
Vidya Bhattarai has registered her candidacy for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives on behalf of the main opposition party CPN-UML.
Whip Shanta Chaudhary and MP Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel has supported her candidature.
After the nomination, the final list of candidates will be published today at 1:30 pm and the election will be held tomorrow at 3 pm.
On behalf of the ruling coalition, Nepali Congress Whip Pushpa Bhusal (Gautam) has nominated for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Bhusal registered the candidature with the support of Devprasad Gurung, the chief whip of the Maoist Center and Laxmikumari Chaudhary of the United Socialist Party.
After the nomination, the final list of candidates will be published today at 1:30 pm and the election will be held tomorrow at 3 pm.
Pushpa Bhusal, who was elected as a proportional MP from Arghakhanchi in the 2070 election, has been involved in the active politics of the Nepali Congress for a long time.
Bhusal, who has a bachelor’s degree in law and a master’s degree in political science, has also become a central member of the Nepal Bar Association. She is the daughter of Kashinath Gautam, who was the health minister in BP Koirala’s cabinet in 2015 BS.
Maoist central lawmakers have demanded an investigation into NRB Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari.
Maoist lawmakers have demanded an investigation into the case of Governor Adhikari,being a member of the UML’s Finance and Planning Department. However, it is unknown at this time that if he is the M Adhikari, a member of the UML’s Finance and Planning Department or not.
A questioned has been raised that,does Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari implement the policy of the government or follow the policy of the opposition when he is a member of the Finance and Planning Department of the CPN-UML.
The lawmakers have accused him for helping the main opposition in a planned manner by staying in the party discipline committee and deteriorating situation of the economy.
After the resignation of the then Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe, the Federal Parliament, which has been vacant for almost four years, is going to hold elections for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, according to Rule 8 of the Rules of the House of Representatives 2075 BS, an agenda has been included for the Speaker to fix the date and time for the post of Deputy Speaker.
According to the legal provision that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should not belong to the same party, the Deputy Speaker should now be from a party other than the Maoists. Similarly, the constitution has also made provision for women to hold one of the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
The main opposition party CPN-UML has registered a motion to adjourn the parliament.
Chief Whip of the CPN-UML Vishal Bhattarai and 15 other UML lawmakers have filed a motion to adjourn the parliament.
The proposal submitted by the UML to the Parliament Secretariat has demanded the discussion about the solutions on providing the chemical fertilizers on time to the farmers.UML has accused the government being not serious about the issues of the farmers problems.
Proposal to adjourn Parliament registered by CPN-UML
has also been included in the agenda of the parliament
CPN-UML has blocked the parliament after Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu termed the remarks made by CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli as gradeless and baseless .
CPN-UML lawmakers had blocked the house after Minister Badu termed the remarks made by leader KP Sharma Oli during the discussion on the policy and program as baseless and said that Mr.Oli could not see anything except the commission as he used to do so before he lost the prime ministerial power.
CPN-UML Chief Whip Vishal Bhattarai demanded that the statement be removed from the record. The main opposition party, the CPN-UML, has also challenged the formation of a parliamentary inquiry committee to confirm the allegations. After the UML’s obstruction, the parliament sitting has been postponed.
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