Thakur elected Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives
Rubi Kumari Thakur has been elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was the candidate for the post from the Shram Sanskriti Party.
In the election held this evening, Thakur secured 229 votes, while another candidate, Saraswoti Lama of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, received five votes.
Likewise, 22 votes were cast as “none of the above.” Out of the 275-member House of Representatives, 256 members participated in the election.
Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal announced Thakur’s election to the post and congratulated her.
The 26-year-old candidate had the support of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party as well as three major opposition parties: Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the Communist Party of Nepal.
The first session of the House of Representatives is being prorogued this midnight.
Newly appointed ministers sworn in
Newly appointed Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gauri Kumari Yadav and Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Ramji Yadav were administered oath of office and secrecy this evening.
President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office to the minister duo amidst a function at the Office of the President, Sheetal Niwas.
Present on the occasion were Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister Balendra Shah, Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Dol Prasad Aryal, National Assembly Chair Narayan Prasad Dahal and other dignitaries.
Earlier today, President Paudel appointed Gauri Kumari Yadav as the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies and Ramji Yadav as the Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Shah.
Government directs hospitals to make alternative arrangement for uninterrupted services
The government has directed the bodies concerned to make alternative arrangements for the continuous and effective delivery of health services in the context of implementation of the two-day weekend on Saturday and Sunday.
In the case of Sunday, directing the hospitals to operate OPD service on the basis of their workload and human resources in the context of Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Population asked the hospitals to make arrangement of giving holiday for two days, one day apart from Saturday and to provide services giving replacement leave if it is not possible to give holiday on Sunday.
The Health Ministry requested the Provincial Hospitals and the Health Ministry of all the seven provinces to make arrangements in accordance with this guideline.
President Paudel to address joint session of both Houses today
President Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to address the joint session of both Houses of the Federal Parliament today.
President Paudel, on recommendation of the Council of Ministers, will address the joint sitting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament at 3 pm in accordance with Article 95 of the Constitution, the Office of the President informed.
Members of both Houses have been called to be present for the purpose.
