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CPN-UML has allocated responsibilities for the management of its second statute convention to be held in September.

Responsibilities have been entrusted to the central leaders to make the convention a success, informed UML central office secretary Bhishma Adhikari.

According to him, the meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Secretary General Shankar Pokhrel assigned the organizational department to determine the number of representatives for the convention.

Similarly, the responsibility for the management of health has been assigned to Krishna Gopal Shrestha, the head of the Health and Population Department.

Likewise, the responsibility for volunteer mobilization has been assigned to Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, the coordinator of the people's organization, and the management of the secretariat and food has been assigned to Adhikari, the office secretary, it has been informed.

The responsibility for the promotion of the general convention has been given to Rajendra Gautam, the head of the Promotion and Publication Department, while central member Hemraj Rai will handle the welcome dance and various cultural programs.

Central member Binod Shrestha will take charge of transportation and platform management affairs.

Delegates of the general convention will have to arrange their own accommodation, according to the decision. If delegates are unable to arrange accommodation on their own, the relevant district or provincial contact coordination committee shall be responsible for the management.

Leader Lalbabu Pandit has been entrusted with the responsibility of the department for this.

A total of 2,279 delegates have been designated for the party's second statutory general convention, which will take place on September 5-7 at the Sunrise Hall in Godawari, Lalitpur.

Bagmati Province Chief Deepak Prasad Devkota has left for Kathmandu after taking ill all of a sudden.

As a result, the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed ministers scheduled for this afternoon has been postponed.

The oath-taking ceremony has been postponed until further notice; the Office of the Province Chief has stated.

It may be noted that on Wednesday, Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama had appointed Provincial Assembly members Govinda Lamsal as Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Maya Shrestha as Minister for Youth and Sports, and Geeta Gurung as Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation and recommended them to the Province Chief for taking oath of office and secrecy, before officially assuming their post.

The Parliamentary Party meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party concluded in Bhairahawa on Wednesday with a review of the current session of the Parliament, cooling-off period, and the work of constitutional bodies. 

Attended by 15 lawmakers including party's Acting Chair DP Aryal, the meeting discussed the visit VISA scam among other issues that the party has been raising in the Parliament, said party Chief Whip Santosh Pariyar. 

“The interference of the executive and other parties in the legislature including those related to the cooling-off period in the civil service bill led the RSP to establish the people's issues in the Parliament.”

Pariyar also said that the RSP is serious about the concerns of tourism entrepreneurs in Lumbini and will raise the issue, including the operation of the Bhairahawa international airport, in the Parliament .

He said that the agitation would become broader in scope, saying that they would continue the protest in the Parliament against corruption.

Indra Baniya has been elected the Parliamentary Party Leader of Nepali Congress in Bagmati Province Assembly .

In the election held today Baniya defeated Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama by receiving 22 votes against 14 votes. According to the election committee, one vote was invalid. 

A total of 37 Province Assembly members participated in the voting. 

It may be noted that during the previous election held for the same post between Baniya and Lama, Lama defeated Baniya by five votes. 

Lama garnered 21 votes while Baniya secured 16 votes.